Where does “Indexfonds” come from?
Indexfonds (German) comes from German Fonds, from French fonds, from Old French funz.
Indexfonds (German): index fund a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to follow certain preset rules so that the fund can track a specified basket of underlying investments
Definitions
- index fund a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to follow certain preset rules so that the fund can track a specified basket of underlying investments
Ancestry of “Indexfonds”, step by step
Indexfonds traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fonds
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fonds | fund |
| 2 | French | fonds | plural of fond; fund, funds; resources |
| 3 | Old French | funz | — |
via German Index
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Index | index |