Where does “cryobank” come from?

cryobank (English) comes from English Bank, from Swedish bänk, from Dutch bank, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

cryobank (English): A biobank where cryogenically preserved material...

Definitions

  1. A biobank where cryogenically preserved material...

Ancestry of “cryobank”, step by step

cryobank 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 cryo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcryocryoprecipitate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg-