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Where does “banca” come from?

banca (Italian) comes from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.

banca (Italian): bank; third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. bank; third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “banca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbankôbank, embankment; a hill

Words derived from “banca”

  • bank
  • banks
  • banking
  • bankruptcy
  • banker
  • bankrupt
  • embankment
  • riverbank
  • interbank
  • sandbank
  • banknote
  • bankroll
  • banquette
  • nonbank
  • snowbank
  • databank
  • biobank
  • bankable
  • overbank
  • nonbankruptcy
  • bankbook
  • Clydebank
  • unbanked
  • nonbanking
Every word from Proto-Germanic bankô →