bank- root words — words with the bank- root

The root bank- comes from Italian banca, meaning bench. 9 words in Dendril are built from it, including bankbook, bankroll, mountebank, mountebanks, bankable, banquette, bunco, interbank, mountebankery. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the bank- root

Explore words with bank- — words containing the bank- root and sharing its sense of "bench". Examples include bankbook, bankroll, mountebank, mountebanks, bankable, banquette, bunco, interbank, mountebankery. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The bank- root means bench, from Italian banca. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.