Where does “finișor” come from?
finișor (Romanian) comes from French finisseur, from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
finișor (Romanian): finisher
Definitions
- finisher
Ancestry of “finișor”, step by step
finișor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French finisseur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | finisseur | finisher |
| 2 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 3 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Romanian fin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fin | fine, delicate; subtle; godson |
| 2 | French | fin | end, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,... |
| 3 | Middle French | fin | end; finish; death |
| 4 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | finis | a payment in settlement or tax; end; limit,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeygʷ- | to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to... |