Where does “finance” come from?

Finance comes from Middle English finaunce, from Middle French finance, derived from Middle French finer meaning to end or settle, from Middle French fin meaning end, from Latin finis meaning boundary or limit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

finance (English): The management of money and other assets; The...

Definitions

  1. The management of money and other assets; The...

Ancestry of “finance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfinauncefinance
2Middle Frenchfinance—
3Middle Frenchfinerto finish
4Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
5Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
6Latinfīnisend
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “finance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →