bank- root words — words with the bank- root

The root bank- comes from Italian banca, meaning bench. 2 words in Dendril are built from it, including mountebank, mountebanks. 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 mountebank, mountebanks. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does bank- mean?

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