Where does “finesse” come from?

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

Ancestry of “finesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
2Latinfīnisend
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →