Where does “fim” come from?

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

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “fim”, step by step

fim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese fin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefin—
2Latinfīnisend
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Old Portuguese fim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefim—
2Latinfinisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeygʷ-to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old Portuguese fin →