Where does “finer” come from?

finer (Middle French) comes from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

finer (Middle French): to finish

Definitions

  1. to finish

Ancestry of “finer”, step by step

finer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French fin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
2Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Old French finer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfinerto finish; to complete; to kill; to murder; to...
2Latinfīniōto finish, terminate

Words derived from “finer”

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