BANKING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Bank
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Banco
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Banque
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Banko
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Detailed explanation-1: -The word bank is derived from the Italian word Banco or from a French word Banque, which means a bench or money exchange table.
Detailed explanation-2: -Etymology. Adjective. Italian, money of account, bank, bench, variant of banca bank, bench.
Detailed explanation-3: -Etymology 1 Borrowed from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.
Detailed explanation-4: -banque f (plural banques) bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)
Detailed explanation-5: -There are others, who are of the opinion that the word “bank” is originally derived from the German word “back” meaning a joint stock fund, which was Italianized into “banco” when the Germans were masters of a great part of Italy.