finiteness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English finite

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English finiteness

From finite + -ness.

Noun

finiteness (countable and uncountable, plural finitenesses)

1. The state or quality of being finite.

Synonyms

• finitude, finity, limitedness; see also Thesaurus:finity

Antonyms

• infiniteness, infinity; see also Thesaurus:infinity

Translations

the state of being finite

• Czech: konečnost f
• Estonian: piiratus
• Finnish: finiittisyys (fi), rajallisuus (fi), äärellisyys (fi)
• French: finité (fr) f
• Hindi: परिमितता f (parimittā)
• Japanese: 有限性 (ゆうげんせい, yūgen-sei)
• Norwegian: endelighet
• Romanian: finitate f
• Spanish: finitud m

Anagrams

• Feinsteins