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banca

Meaning

Concepts

banking company

bank building

banking concern

depository financial institution

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
bàn‧ca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈban.ka/
Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic bank (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). Cognates include Spanish banco and Portuguese banco. Doublet of banco and panca.

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