Where does “finir” come from?

finir (Poitevin-Saintongeais) comes from Old French fenir, from Latin fīnīre, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

finir (Poitevin-Saintongeais): to end, finish

Definitions

  1. to end, finish

Ancestry of “finir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchfenirAlternative form of finer
2Latinfīnīre—
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīnīre →