Where does “microfinancier” come from?
microfinancier (English) comes from English financier, from French financier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
microfinancier (English): A person or organisation offering microfinance
Definitions
- A person or organisation offering microfinance
Ancestry of “microfinancier”, step by step
microfinancier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English financier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | financier | A person who, as a profession, profits from large... |
| 2 | French | financier | financial; financier; banker |
| 3 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |