Where does “fiscal year” come from?

fiscal year (English) comes from English year, from Middle English yeer, from Old English ġēar, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

fiscal year (English): An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year

Definitions

  1. An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year

Ancestry of “fiscal year”, step by step

fiscal year traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English year

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyearA solar year, the time it takes the Earth to...
2Middle Englishyeeryear
3Old Englishġēaryear
4Proto-West Germanicjāryear
5Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via English fiscal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiscalRelated to the treasury of a country, company,...
2Middle Frenchfiscal—
3Latinfiscusbasket; purse; treasury, public money
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →