Where does “bankboks” come from?

bankboks (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bank, from Norwegian Bokmål banke, from Norwegian Bokmål bakke, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus — Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...

bankboks (Norwegian Bokmål): a safe-deposit box

Definitions

  1. a safe-deposit box

Ancestry of “bankboks”, step by step

bankboks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbanka bank; a beat, knock, throb; imperative of banke
2Norwegian Bokmålbankea bank; to knock; to hammer
3Norwegian Bokmålbakkea hill or slope; the ground; to back
4EnglishbackNear the rear; Not current; Far from the main...
5Frenchbacferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A...
6Frenchbaccalauréatbaccalaureat; bachelor's degree
7Medieval Latinbaccalaureatusbachelor's degree
8Latinbaccalaureusbachelor
9Latinlaurealaurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of...
10Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
11English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
12Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
13Latin-āxish, -y
14Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...

via Norwegian Bokmål boks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålboksa box; a can, or tin; imperative of bokse
2EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
3Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-ārefirst conjugation
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Latin -iumEvery word from English -aceousEvery word from Latin laurus
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