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Where does “bankroter” come from?

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

bankroter (Serbo-Croatian): bankrupt, defaulter; washout

Definitions

  1. bankrupt, defaulter; washout

Ancestry of “bankroter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbànkrōt—
2Germanbankrottbankrupt
3Russianбанкро́тbankrupt, defaulter, insolvent
4Italian[[banca]] [[rotta]]—
Every word from Italian [[banca]] [[rotta]] →