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Where does “finanza” come from?

finanza (Spanish) comes from French finance, from Middle French finance, from Middle French finer, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

finanza (Spanish): finance; treasury; finances

Definitions

  1. finance; treasury; finances

Ancestry of “finanza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinancefinance
2Middle Frenchfinance—
3Middle Frenchfinerto finish
4Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
5Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
6Latinfīnis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “finanza”

  • microfinanza
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →