Where does “Bankrott” come from?

Bankrott (German) comes from Russian банкро́т, from Italian [[banca]] [[rotta]].

Bankrott (German): bankruptcy

Definitions

  1. bankruptcy

Ancestry of “Bankrott”, step by step

Bankrott traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian банкро́т

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбанкро́тbankrupt, defaulter, insolvent
2Italian[[banca]] [[rotta]]

via Italian banca rotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbanca rottafailed bank

Words derived from “Bankrott

Every word from Italian [[banca]] [[rotta]]Every word from Russian банкро́т