Where does “microfinance” come from?
Microfinance derives from English micro- combined with finance, which comes from Middle French finer, ultimately from Latin finis meaning boundary or end.
microfinance (English): Finance that is provided to unemployed or...
Definitions
- Finance that is provided to unemployed or...
Ancestry of “microfinance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | finance | The management of money and other assets; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | finaunce | finance |
| 3 | Middle French | finance | — |
| 4 | Middle French | finer | to finish |
| 5 | Middle French | fin | end; finish; death |
| 6 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 7 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |