Where does “Banco” come from?

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

Banco (Spanish): bank

Definitions

  1. bank

Ancestry of “Banco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbank—
2Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “Banco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Old French bank →