Where does “banquier” come from?

banquier (French) comes from French banque, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

banquier (French): banker

Definitions

  1. banker

Ancestry of “banquier”, step by step

banquier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French banque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbanquebank
2Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
3Old High Germanbankbench
4Proto-West Germanicbankibench
5Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Italian banchiere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbanchierebanker
2Italian-iereUsed to form masculine nouns that represent a...

Words derived from “banquier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →