/ˈbaŋko/, [ˈbɑŋ.kʊ]
Origin12th century in local Latin texts. With the meaning of bank, from Italian; with the meaning of bench and workbench probably from Old French; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”).
- masculinebench
“saluo duas meſas grandes et dous vancos que ſon do biſpo” — with the exception of two large tables and two benchs, that belong to the bishop
- masculineworkbench
- masculinesandbank
- masculineschool, shoal
- masculinethwart
- masculinebank
Formsbancos(plural) · branco(alternative, archaic)