Where does “carried interest” come from?
carried interest (English) comes from English interest, from Old French interest, from French intérêt, from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί — to be.
carried interest (English): A share of the profits of an investment paid to the investment manager in excess of the amount that the manager contributes to the partnership
Definitions
- A share of the profits of an investment paid to the investment manager in excess of the amount that the manager contributes to the partnership
Ancestry of “carried interest”, step by step
carried interest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English interest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interest | The price paid for obtaining, or price received... |
| 2 | Old French | interest | — |
| 3 | French | intérêt | interest; point |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 5 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 6 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
via English carried
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carried | simple past tense and past participle of carry |