Where does “osto-optio” come from?

osto-optio (Finnish) comes from Finnish optio, from Latin optiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

osto-optio (Finnish): call option option to buy a stated quantity of an asset or financial product at a stated price, the strike price, on a stated future date or range of dates

Definitions

  1. call option option to buy a stated quantity of an asset or financial product at a stated price, the strike price, on a stated future date or range of dates

Ancestry of “osto-optio”, step by step

osto-optio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish optio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoptiooption
2Latinoptiōchoosing, choice, preference, option
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish osto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishostopurchase
2FinnishostaaTo buy, purchase
3Proto-Finnicostadakto buy
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Chichewa iye →
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