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filo- (1), -filo (1) (Affix) "loving" 18th cent. Borrowed from Ancient Greek φίλος (p^hílos) "beloved," earlier meaning "own," "accompanying." Of unknown origin.
filo- (2), -filo (2) (Affix) "leaf" Very late 19th cent. Borrowed from Ancient Greek φύλλον (p^hyllon) 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hel-, *b^hl̥h₃- "leaf," "blossom." Indo-European Celtic Middle Irish bláth "blossom," Middle Welsh blawt 'id.,' Old Cornish blodon 'id.,' Old Breton bloduu 'id.' Germanic Old Norse blað "leaf," Old High German blat 'id.,' Old Saxon blad 'id.,' Old Frisian bled 'id.,' Old English blæd (English blade) Tocharian A pält "leaf," B pilta 'id.'
fin m. (Noun) "end" 12th cent. From Latin finis 'id.' Possibly from Proto-Italic *fīni- 'id.' Of an unclear etymology. Feminine la fin is a pre-20th cent. poetic form. Also the origin of Fines, a town in Granada, so-called in reference to the town being along limits of the region's confines. Indo-European Romance Asturian fin, Portuguese fim, Galician fin, Catalan fi, French fin, Italian fine, Sardinian fine Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
final m. (Adjective, Noun) "final," finale;" "ending" 15th cent. From Latin finalis 'id.,' from finis "end" (see fin). Indo-European Romance Italian finale Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
finalmente (Adverb) "finally" From final and -mente, an adverb-forming suffix. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
firme (Adjective) "firm" 12th cent. From Vulgar Latin firmis 'id.,' from Latin firmus "strong." From Proto-Italic *fermo- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *d^her-mo- "hold." From the root *d^her- "to hold" and the noun-forming suffix *-mó- (see -me). Indo-European Romance Portuguese firme, Catalan ferm, French ferme, Italian fermo, Romanian ferm, Sardinian fírmu Indo-Iranian Sanskrit dhárman- "support," "hold," "law" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
flor f. (Noun) "flower" 10th cent. Borrowed from Old French or Old Occitan flor 'id.' From Latin florem, accusative of flos 'id.' From Proto-Italic *flōs 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hleh₃- 'id.' Also the origin of numerous names and surnames: Flores, de la Flor, Flora, Floren, Floria, Florida, Florido, Florentín, Florentino, Florindo, Florencia, Florensa, Florenza, Florencio, Florenciano, Florenzano, Florián, Floriano, Floresca, Florita, to name a few. Indo-European Romance Asturian flor, Portuguese flor, Galician chor, Catalan flor, French fleur, Italian fiore, Aromanian floari, Romanian floare, Sardinian fiòre Italic Vestinian flusare, month name, lit. "of Flusa" (goddess of flowers), Oscan fluusaí "to Flusa" Celtic Old Irish bláth "flower," Welsh blawd 'id.,' Middle Breton blezu 'id.,' Old Cornish blodon 'id.' Germanic Gothic bloma "flower," Old Norse blómi 'id.,' Old Saxon blōmo 'id.' Old English blōwan "to bloom" Basque Basque lore "flower," Southern Old Low Navarrese flore 'id.,' both loanwords The word is assumed to be a loan from a Gallo Romance language on the basis that Latin florem should have yielded **llor. (Compare Basque lore "flower.") It is interesting that so elementary a lexical item was borrowed, but because other gardening words in Spanish were borrowed (e.g., jardín laurel, clavel), perhaps flor was as well. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988. Trask, R. L. Etymological Dictionary of Basque. University of Sussex. 2008.
foco m. (Noun) "focus;" "source;" "light bulb" Early 18th cent. From Latin focus "hearth" (see fuego). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fondo m. (Noun) "bottom;" "rear" A learned form from Latin fundus "bottom" (compare hondo). From Proto-Italic *fundo- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hud^h-men- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian fondu, Portuguese fondu, Catalan fons, French fond, Italian fondo, Aromanian fundu, Romanian fund, Sardinian fundhu Celtic Middle Irish bond "sole" Germanic Old Norse botn "bottom," Old High German bodam 'id.,' Old English botem (English bottom) Hellenic Ancient Greek πυθμήν (put^hmén) "depth" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit budhná- "bottom," Avestan būna- 'id.' de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-fonía (Suffix) "sound" Borrowed from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-p^honía) 'id.,' a suffix from the word φωνή ‎(p^honé) 'id.' See also -fono. Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.