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Finesse

2 stages from French to English.

Today it means skillful and subtle handling of a situation, or refined delicacy
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Stage 1 of 2
fin
French · medieval
"fine, delicate"
fine, delicate, the root of skillful, subtle handling
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Stage 2 of 2
finesse
English · 1520s
"skillful and subtle handling of a situation"
settled as the English word for skillful, subtle handling of a situation
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