"financial" in seven languages
Meaningfinancial
Spanish
/finanˈθjeɾo/
borrowed · French finance, financier
French
/finɑ̃sje/
inherited
fem.: financière
Built on Old French finance, from finer 'to settle, bring to an end'.
Italian
/finanˈtsjarjo/
borrowed · French finance (Italian finanza)
Portuguese
/finɐ̃ˈsejɾu/
borrowed · French finance, financier
Romanian
/finantʃiˈar/
borrowed · French financier
Catalan
/finənˈse/
borrowed · French finance, financier
English
/faɪˈnænʃəl/
from Latin/French · French finance + -ial
The Latin ancestor
FĪNEM‘end, limit’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Old French finer meant 'to end', hence 'to settle a debt'; finance was the settling, and the word spread from French to the other languages. A fine is the same idea: the payment that ends the matter.
English relatives: finance, final, finish, fine (a payment)
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In a sentence
- esLa empresa tiene problemas financieros.
- frL'entreprise a des problèmes financiers.
- itL'azienda ha problemi finanziari.
- ptA empresa tem problemas financeiros.
- roFirma are probleme financiare.
- caL'empresa té problemes financers.
- enThe company has financial problems.
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