English
finito
Finito comes from Italian finito ‘finished’, from Latin fīnis ‘boundary, limit’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to stick, set up’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeygʷ-1‘to stick, set up’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*fignis1uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnis2‘boundary, limit’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīniō3‘finish’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnītus4‘finished, terminated, having been finished or terminated’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfinito4‘finished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980finito4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin finis
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin finio
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin finitus
- 4 Wiktionary, English finito
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo: “No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it?”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeygʷ-Wiktionary, Latin finis‘to stick, set up’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*fignisWiktionary, Latin finisuncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnisWiktionary, Latin finio‘boundary, limit’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīniōWiktionary, Latin finitus‘finish’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīnītusWiktionary, English finito‘finished, terminated, having been finished or terminated’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfinitoWiktionary, English finito‘finished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980finitoWiktionary, English finito. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “finito”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin finis, Latin finio, Latin finitus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- / finito