Where does “fīnesse” come from?

fīnesse (Middle English) comes from Old French finesse, from Old French fine, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fīnesse (Middle English): degree of excellence; fineness, purity

Definitions

  1. degree of excellence; fineness, purity

Ancestry of “fīnesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfinessefineness; delicacy; slenderness
2Old Frenchfine—
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “fīnesse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fine →