English
floorlet
From floor + -let.
Formed from floor + -let
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
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Proto-Germanic *flōraz ‘ground’
Proto-West Germanic *flōr
Old English flōr ‘floor’
Middle English floor
English floor
Today it means
noun A component of an interest rate floor, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from falling below an agreed level (the "floor"). Each floorlet, analysable as a put option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate floor is made up of a series of consecutive floorlets.
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Etymograph / floorlet