Etymology

megafinance

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Today it means: High finance: finance involving very large scales and sums of money Full definition →

English finance ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishfinance
  6. English todaymegafinance

From mega- + finance.

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