casana

Italian

Etymology

From Venetian casnà (“treasure; heap of money”), itself from Arabic خزينة (ḵazīna, “treasure”), via Ottoman Turkish hazna, from whence Turkish hazine (“treasure”). Influenced by casa (“house”).

Noun

casana f (plural casane)

1. (finance) credit establishment, originally founded by Tuscan bankers in Piedmont, Italy

Derived terms

• casaniere

Descendants

• Old French: casenier
  • → French: casanier