Where does “benking” come from?

benking (Tok Pisin) comes from English banking, from English bank, from Middle English banke, from Old English banca, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.

benking (Tok Pisin): banking

Definitions

  1. banking

Ancestry of “benking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbankingThe business of managing a bank; The occupation...
2EnglishbankAn institution where one can place and borrow...
3Middle Englishbanke—
4Old Englishbancabench
5Proto-Germanicbankôbank, embankment; a hill
Every word from Proto-Germanic bankô →Every word from Old English banca →Every word from Middle English banke →