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banc.

bank (financial institution; branch of such an institution; safe and guaranteed place of storage)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/bˠaŋk//bˠɑʊŋk/Munster/bʲæŋk/Aran
  1. bank (financial institution; branch of such an institution; safe and guaranteed place of storage)

    masculine · usually
Where this word comes from

Borrowed 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”). Doublet of binse.

noun/bˠaŋk//bˠɑʊŋk/Munster/bʲæŋk/Aran
  1. bank (of a river or lake)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

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