English
finito
Finito comes from Italian finito ‘finished’, and goes back to Latin fīnis ‘boundary, limit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnis‘boundary, limit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīniō‘finish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnītus‘finished, terminated, having been finished or terminated’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfinito‘finished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnis‘boundary, limit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīniō‘finish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnītus‘finished, terminated, having been finished or terminated’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfinito‘finished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980same form
Earliest quotation: 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo: “No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it?”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to stick, set up’
fix, dig, ditch, dyke, dike, crucify, 19 more
through Latin *fignis
through Latin fīnis ‘boundary, limit’
final, finish, infinite, fin, infinity, finesse, financier, confine, affine, fino, finis, finial, 12 more
through Latin fīniō ‘finish’
through Latin fīnītus ‘finished, terminated, having been finished or…’
Today it means
adj Finished; over with; done.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fīnis / finito