Where does “банкет” come from?
банкет (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French banquette, from Italian banchetta, from Italian banca, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.
банкет (Serbo-Croatian): banquet
Ancestry of “банкет”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | banquette | seat |
| 2 | Italian | banchetta | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | banca | bank; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bankô | bank, embankment; a hill |