Etymology of the French word finance
the Old French word
financederived from the Old French word
finerderived from the Old French word
finderived from the Latin word
finis (boundary, end, limit)
Date
The earliest known usage of finance in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
financier,
financerDerivations in other languages
English
finance, Romanian
finanţe, Spanish
finanzaCognates
Provençal
finansaUsage
Word found in Old French
