Etymology

interbank

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions). Full definition →

English bank ← Middle French banque ← Italian banca
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*bankiz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*banki
  10. Lombardicbank
  11. Italianbanca
  12. Middle Frenchbanque
  13. Englishbank
  14. English todayinterbank

From inter- + bank.

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