Where does “bank” come from?
bank (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål banke, from Norwegian Bokmål bakke, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
bank (Norwegian Bokmål): a bank; a beat, knock, throb; imperative of banke
Definitions
- a bank; a beat, knock, throb; imperative of banke
Ancestry of “bank”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | banke | a bank; to knock; to hammer |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | bakke | a hill or slope; the ground; to back |
| 3 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 4 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 5 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 8 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 9 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 10 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 11 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 12 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 13 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 14 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
Words derived from “bank”