Where does “financial” come from?

Financial comes from Middle French finance, derived from Old French finer meaning to end or settle, ultimately from Latin finis meaning boundary or end, traced to Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

financial (English): Related to finances; Having dues and fees paid up...

Definitions

  1. Related to finances; Having dues and fees paid up...

Ancestry of “financial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfinanceThe management of money and other assets; The...
2Middle Englishfinauncefinance
3Middle Frenchfinance
4Middle Frenchfinerto finish
5Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
6Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
7Latinfīnisend
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-

Words derived from “financial

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-
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