finisher
/ˈfɪnɪʃə/FIH-nih-shur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈfɪnɪʃɚ/FIH-nih-shur
Meaningone who finishes
Common meaning: a person or thing that finishes
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- fina boundary, end, limitLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 751 · scan
- ishverb ending (from French -iss-)
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*bhid-‘cleave, bite’source
- Latinfīnis‘a boundary, end, limit’
- Englishfinish‘to complete or end’
- Englishformed in English from finishfinisher‘a person or thing that finishes’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from finish + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FINISH, p.209 · scan
Roots
- fīnis Latin “a boundary, end, limit”
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