Where does “finir” come from?

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

finir (Norman): to finish

Definitions

  1. to finish

Ancestry of “finir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchfinirAlternative form of finer
2Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīniō →