Where does “banca” come from?

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

banca (Spanish): small bench; seat; financial system

Definitions

  1. small bench; seat; financial system

Ancestry of “banca”, step by step

banca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish Banco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBancobank
2Old Frenchbank—
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Tagalog bangka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbangkaboat; canoe especially a native sailless boat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baŋkaq—

Words derived from “banca”

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