Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “bank” come from?

bank (Old French) comes from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

Ancestry of “bank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bank”

  • bunco
  • desbancar
  • asaltabancos
  • banca
  • bancario
  • banquero
  • banco
  • bancar
  • robabancos
  • bancarizar
  • bangko
  • bangko
  • banku
  • banka
  • bangko
  • bangku
  • bangku
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