Where does “banquette” come from?
banquette (French) comes from Italian banchetta, from Italian banca, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.
banquette (French): seat
Ancestry of “banquette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | banchetta | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Italian | banca | bank; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bankô | bank, embankment; a hill |
Words derived from “banquette”