Where does “banca” come from?

banca (Galician) comes from Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

banca (Galician): settle bench

Definitions

  1. settle bench

Ancestry of “banca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbank—
2Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Old French bank →
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