Etymology

bungoo

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Today it means: Money. Full definition →

First used 20th c.Bandjalang banggu ← English bank ← Middle French banque
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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. Bandjalangbanggu
  9. English todaybungoo

From Bandjalang banggu, from English bank.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Money.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.