Where does “banquette” come from?
Banquette comes from French banquette, a diminutive of French banc, which derives from Italian banca, ultimately from Old High German bank meaning bench or table.
banquette (English): A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet...
Definitions
- A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet...
Ancestry of “banquette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | banquette | seat |
| 2 | Italian | banchetta | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | banca | bank; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bankô | bank, embankment; a hill |