Where does “banque” come from?
banque (Middle French) comes from Italian banca, from Lombardic bank — bench, counter.
banque (Middle French): bank
Ancestry of “banque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | banca | bank; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Lombardic | bank | bench, counter |
Words derived from “banque”