Etymograph

English

fiscal year

From fiscal + year.

A compound of fiscal + year

Latin fiscus ‘treasury’

Middle French fiscal

English fiscal

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year; growing season’

Proto-Germanic *jērą ‘year’

Proto-West Germanic *jār ‘year’

Old English ġēar ‘year’

Middle English yeer

English year

Today it means

noun An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fiscal year