Where does “banknote” come from?

Banknote comes from English bank and note, where bank derives from French banc, Middle French banque, and Italian banca, ultimately from Latin noscere.

banknote (English): A piece of paper currency; A promissory note...

Definitions

  1. A piece of paper currency; A promissory note...

Ancestry of “banknote”, step by step

banknote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBankA major London Underground station in the City of London, named after the Bank of England and one of the busiest stations on the network OS grid ref TQ3281
2Swedishbänkbench, a long sofa without bolster; bench; where...
3Dutchbankbench; couch, sofa; place where seashells are...
4Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
5Old High Germanbankbench
6Proto-West Germanicbankibench
7Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via English Note

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNoteThe St. Louis Blues hockey team
2Middle Englishnotenote; Alternative form of not
3Old Englishnotuuse; enjoyment; profit, advantage, utility
4Proto-Germanicnutōuse, profit, yield
5Proto-Indo-Europeannewd-to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to...

Words derived from “banknote”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →