fin
French
noun
Definitions
- end, close, finish
- end, end goal, objective, purpose
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French fin inherited from Old French fin (fine, minute, exact) inherited from Latin finis (end).
Origin
Latin
finis
Gloss
end
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
終
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fiini Finnish
- finalis Latin
- finis Latin
- fīnis Latin
- fīniō, fīnīre Latin
- Finesse German
- affinare Italian
- alfine Italian
- finale Italian
- fine Italian
- finemente Italian
- finezza Italian
- fintanto Italian
- infine Italian
- afin French
- finaud French
- finesse French
- hyperfin French
- peau French
- peaufinage French
- peaufinement French
- peaufiner French
- superfin French
- surfin French
- ultrafin French
- à French
- *buk- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰnh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- fin Swedish
- jättefin Swedish
- fin Middle English
- finial Middle English
- fyn Middle English
- finn Old Norse
- finiš Czech
- fin Old French
- fino Esperanto
- fin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fine Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ffin Welsh
- fin Norman
- fin Middle French
- fim Old Portuguese
- fin Old Portuguese
- fin Asturian
- fin Old Occitan