English
finity
Finity comes from Old French finité.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400finité
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1837finity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400finité
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1837finity
Earliest quotation: 1837, The Transcendalist's Dialogues: No. IX: “If we imagined a person capable of comprehending infinity,…”
Every English word from Old French finité
Today it means
noun The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French finité / finity