Where does “finance” come from?

finance (Spanish) 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfinerto finish
2Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →