Where does “finir” come from?

finir (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish fenir, from Latin fīniō, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

finir (Spanish): to end

Definitions

  1. to end

Ancestry of “finir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishfenir—
2Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīniō →