Etymology

asset

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Today it means: A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. Full definition →

English assetsbf. ← Anglo-Norman asetz ← Old French asez
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Latinad
  4. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*séh₂tis
  6. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  7. Latinsatis
  8. Early Medieval Latinad satis
  9. Old Frenchasez
  10. Anglo-Normanasetz
  11. Englishassetsbf.
  12. English todayasset

Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

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