banque

Middle French

noun
Definitions
  • bank establishment where financial transactions take place

Etymology

Derived from Italian banca (bank, counter, moneychanger's table) derived from Old High German bank derived from *banki derived from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (bench, counter, bulge, hillock).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bankiz

Gloss

bench, counter, bulge, hillock

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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