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Etymology of asset

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *séh₂tis Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old Fren

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noun

A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. · Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet. · Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused. · An intelligence asset.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *séh₂tis Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old French asez Anglo-Norman asetzder. English assetsbf. English asset Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

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