banco

/ˈbanko/ · A2 · noun · m

depository financial institution

banco — depository financial institution

🏦🪑 Etymology: Germanic bank = bench; money-changers worked at a bench

Spanish banco and English bank and bench all come from the same Germanic root. Medieval money-changers did business at a bench, so the word for the seat became the word for the institution. One word, both meanings: bench and bank.

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