Where does “Portfoliomanagement” come from?
Portfoliomanagement (German) comes from German Portfolio, from English portfolio, from Italian portafoglio, from Italian foglio, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
Portfoliomanagement (German): portfolio management the art and science of making decisions about investment mix and policy, matching investments to objectives, asset allocation for individuals and institutions, and balancing risk against performance
Definitions
- portfolio management the art and science of making decisions about investment mix and policy, matching investments to objectives, asset allocation for individuals and institutions, and balancing risk against performance
Ancestry of “Portfoliomanagement”, step by step
Portfoliomanagement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Portfolio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Portfolio | portfolio |
| 2 | English | portfolio | A case for carrying papers, drawings,... |
| 3 | Italian | portafoglio | wallet, billfold; portfolio |
| 4 | Italian | foglio | sheet |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Management
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Management | management (administration; the process or practice of managing) |
| 2 | English | management | Administration; the use of limited resources... |
| 3 | English | -ment | Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ment | Forms nouns denoting a result or action from... |
| 5 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 6 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 7 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |