finir
Middle French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to finish; to end
Etymology
Inherited from Old French finir inherited from Latin fīnīre.
Origin
Latin
fīnīre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *fīniscō Latin
- *fīniscō, *fīniscere, *finisco Latin
- finio, fīniō, fīnīre Latin
- fīnīre Latin
- finire Italian
- finir French
- finissage French
- finissement French
- finisseur French
- fenecer Portuguese
- finer Old French
- finir Old French
- fenir Old Occitan
- fenir Old Spanish
- finir Venetian
- fini Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fini Mauritian Creole
- finn Mauritian Creole
- inn Mauritian Creole