Fine Definition

Origin of Fine

• From Middle English fin, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), probably, from Latin finitus (“literally finished (used as an adjective by Cicero, of words, well rounded)”), past participle of fīnīre (“to limit, bound, define, terminate, finish”), from finis (“a limit, end”).

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• Middle English fin from Old French settlement, compensation from Medieval Latin fīnis from Latin end

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• Middle English fin from Old French from Latin fīnis end, supreme degree

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• Old French fin (“end”), from Medieval Latin finis (“a payment in settlement or tax”)

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• Old French finer, French finir. See finish (transitive verb).

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• Italian from Latin fīnis end

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• From Italian fine ("end").

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