Bank Definition

Origin of Bank

• From Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Cognate with Old High German banc, banch (“counter, bench”), Old English benc (“bench”). More at bench.

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• Middle English banke, from Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”).

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• Middle English banke from French banque from Old Italian banca bench, moneychanger's table from Old High German banc

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English bank (“bank”), banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc (“bench”).

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• Middle English bench from Old French banc from Late Latin bancus of Germanic origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Probably from French banc. Of German origin, and akin to English bench.

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• Middle English of Scandinavian origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition