Where does “finiss-” come from?
finiss- (Old French) comes from Old French finir, from Latin fīniō, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.
Ancestry of “finiss-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | finir | Alternative form of finer |
| 2 | Latin | fīniō | — |
| 3 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
Words derived from “finiss-”