Where does “finir” come from?

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

finir (Middle French): to finish; to end

Definitions

  1. to finish; to end

Ancestry of “finir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchfinirAlternative form of finer
2Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “finir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīniō →
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