Etymology

bankbook

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English book ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bankiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*banki
  4. Lombardicbank
  5. Italianbanca
  6. Middle Frenchbanque
  7. Englishbank
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  10. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  12. Old Englishbōc
  13. Middle Englishbok
  14. Englishbook
  15. English todaybankbook

From bank + book.

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