Where does “fini” come from?

fini (Haitian Creole) comes from French finir, from Middle French finir, from Old French finir, from Latin fīniō, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fini (Haitian Creole): to finish

Definitions

  1. to finish

Ancestry of “fini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinirto finish, end, complete
2Middle Frenchfinirto finish; to end
3Old FrenchfinirAlternative form of finer
4Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
5Latinfīnisend
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīniō →