Where does “fim” come from?
fim (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.
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Ancestry of “fim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | fin | — |
| 2 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |