## Meanings
1. To complete something or bring it to an end.
2. The end of something, especially a race or contest.
3. The look or texture of a surface, or the substance giving it that look.

## Examples
- I finished my homework before dinner.
- The crowd cheered loudly at the finish of the race.
- The table had a smooth, glossy finish.

## Synonyms
- cessation
- close
- conclusion
- end
- ending
- endpoint
- final
- finale
- finis
- halt
- omega
- termination

## Antonyms
- begin
- beginning
- continuation
- initiate
- start

## Derived Forms
- finishable
- finisher
- finishipper
- finishment
- linish
- microfinish
- nonfinishing
- outfinish
- prefinish
- refinish
- self-finished
- self-finishing

## Related Forms
- completion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: finishen
- Root: *dʰeygʷ-
- Root: *bʰeyd-

## Etymology
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

## AI Etymology
Finish comes from Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). In current use, the main senses are “To complete something or bring it to an end” and “The end of something, especially a race or contest”.

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