Etymology

finisher

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Today it means: A person who finishes or completes something. Full definition →

English finish ← Middle English finishen ← Old French finir
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  1. Latinfīnis
  2. Latinfīniō
  3. Old Frenchfinir
  4. Middle Englishfinishen
  5. Englishfinish
  6. English todayfinisher

From finish + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.