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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 2 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
Words derived from “finesse”