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Where does “finura” come from?

finura (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Fino, from Latin Finnus, from Old Norse Finnr, from Proto-Germanic Finnaz.

finura (Portuguese): thinness; fineness , sharpness, precision;...

Definitions

  1. thinness; fineness , sharpness, precision;...

Ancestry of “finura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseFino—
2LatinFinnusAlternative form of Fennus
3Old NorseFinnra Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a...
4Proto-GermanicFinnaz—
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