Where does “finance” come from?
finance (Middle French) comes from Middle French finer, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.
Ancestry of “finance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | finer | to finish |
| 2 | Middle French | fin | end; finish; death |
| 3 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 4 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
Words derived from “finance”