Where does “fine” come from?

fine (Romanian) comes from French fin, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fine (Romanian): end

Definitions

  1. end

Ancestry of “fine”, step by step

fine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French fin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinend, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...
2Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Italian fine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfinethin; fine; refined
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →