Where does “bankacı” come from?

bankacı (Turkish) comes from Turkish banka, from Ottoman Turkish بانقه, from Italian banca, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.

bankacı (Turkish): banker

Definitions

  1. banker

Ancestry of “bankacı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbankabank
2Ottoman Turkishبانقهbank
3Italianbancabank; third-person singular present indicative of...
4Proto-Germanicbankôbank, embankment; a hill

Words derived from “bankacı”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bankô →Every word from Italian banca →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بانقه →
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