Where does “fin” come from?

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

fin (Old French): fine, delicate

Definitions

  1. fine, delicate

Ancestry of “fin”, step by step

fin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fīnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīnisend
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Medieval Latin finis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinfinisa payment in settlement or tax; end; limit,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeygʷ-to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to...

Words derived from “fin”

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