Where does “banking” come from?

Banking derives from English bank, from French banc, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca, from Old High German bank.

banking (English): The business of managing a bank; The occupation...

Definitions

  1. The business of managing a bank; The occupation...

Ancestry of “banking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbankAn institution where one can place and borrow...
2Middle Englishbanke
3Old Englishbancabench
4Proto-Germanicbankôbank, embankment; a hill

Words derived from “banking

Every word from Proto-Germanic bankôEvery word from Old English bancaEvery word from Middle English banke