Where does “finir” come from?

finir (Venetian) comes from Latin finire, from Latin finio, from Latin finis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ- — to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to...

finir (Venetian): to finish, end, complete

Definitions

  1. to finish, end, complete

Ancestry of “finir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfinirepresent active infinitive of fīniō; second-person...
2LatinfinioI finish, terminate; I set, appoint; I limit,...
3Latinfinisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeygʷ-to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-Every word from Latin finioEvery word from Latin finis
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