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Where does “банкрот” come from?

банкрот (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German bankrott, from Russian банкро́т, from Italian [[banca]] [[rotta]].

Ancestry of “банкрот”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbankrottbankrupt
2Russianбанкро́тbankrupt, defaulter, insolvent
3Italian[[banca]] [[rotta]]—
Every word from Italian [[banca]] [[rotta]] →