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fin (n.)
Old English finn "fin," from Proto-Germanic *finno (source also of Middle Low German vinne, Dutch vin), perhaps from Latin pinna "feather, wing" (see pin (n.)); or, less likely, from Latin spina "thorn, spine" (see spine).
U.S. underworld slang sense of "$5 bill" is 1925, from Yiddish finif "five," from German fünf (from PIE root *penkwe- "five") and thus unrelated. The same word had been used in England in 1868 to mean "five pound note" (earlier finnip, 1839).
updated on April 27, 2017
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Definitions of fin from WordNet
Dictionary entries near fin
filth
filthy
filtrate
filtration
fimbria
fin
fin de siecle
finagle
final
final solution
finale