Where does “Fino” come from?
Fino (Portuguese) comes from Latin Finnus, from Old Norse Finnr, from Proto-Germanic Finnaz — Sami? Finn?.
Fino (Portuguese): thin having little thickness
Definitions
- thin having little thickness
Ancestry of “Fino”, step by step
Fino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Finnus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Finnus | Alternative form of Fennus |
| 2 | Old Norse | Finnr | a Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | Finnaz | Sami? Finn? |
via Old Portuguese fin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | fin | — |
| 2 | Latin | fīnis | end |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
Words derived from “Fino”