banque

See also: banqué and bànque

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.

Proto-Germanic *bankiz

Proto-West Germanic *banki

Lombardic bankbor.

Italian bancabor.

Middle French banque

French banquebor.

English banque

Borrowed from French banque (“bank”).

Noun

banque (plural banques)

1. Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”).

Anagrams

• Benuaq

French

Etymology

From Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃k/

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Noun

banque f (plural banques)

1. bank

Derived terms

• banque centrale
• billet de banque
• compte en banque
• faire sauter la banque
• va banque

Related terms

• bancaire

Descendants

Borrowings

Some may be via other European languages.

• Arabic: بنك (bank)
• Breton: bank
• Danish: bank (see there for further descendants)
• Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Haitian Creole: labank (from la banque)
• Limburgish: bank
• Lingala: bánki
• Luxembourgish: Bank
• Ngazidja Comorian: banki
• Norwegian: bank
• Odia: ବାଙ୍କ୍ (bāṅk)
• Persian: بانک (bânk) (see there for further descendants)
• Turkish: banka
• Wolof: bank
• ⇒ Vietnamese: nhà băng

Further reading

• “banque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Etymology

From Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Noun

banque f (plural banques)

1. bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)

Descendants

• French: banque (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: banque
• → Middle English: banke
  • English: bank (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: baunk
  • → Irish: banc

References

• Etymology and history of “banque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norman

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

Noun

banque f (plural banques)

1. (Jersey) bank

Derived terms

• bantchi¹ (“to bank”)
• bantchi² (“banker”)

Portuguese

Verb

banque

1. inflection of bancar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

banque

1. inflection of bancar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative