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; bench; pew

Definitions

  1. bank; bench; pew

Ancestry of “banco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbank—
2Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Old French bank →