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
Ancestry of “finir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | finire | present active infinitive of fīniō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | finio | I finish, terminate; I set, appoint; I limit,... |
| 3 | Latin | finis | end; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeygʷ- | to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to... |