Etymology

biobank

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Today it means: Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA). Full definition →

English bank ← Middle French banque ← Italian banca
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*bankiz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*banki
  8. Lombardicbank
  9. Italianbanca
  10. Middle Frenchbanque
  11. Englishbank
  12. English todaybiobank

From bio- + bank.

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