bench

bench · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰeg-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bankiz“bench”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*banki
4. Old English · inherited frombenċ“bench”
5. Middle English · inherited frombench
6. English todaybench

From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-. Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Doublet of banc, banco, and bank.

bench · verb, noun²

From bench press by shortening.

bench · verb³

See bentsh.

Bench · proper noun⁴

1. bcq · borrowed from
2. English todayBench

From Bench [Term?] (bentʂnon).

Bench · proper noun⁵

1. Czech · derived fromBeneš
2. English todayBench

* As an English surname, related to bank (“hill”) and bench * As a German surname, spelling variant of Bensch, Benesch, itself Germanized from Czech Beneš.

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