Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To remove a player from play. · To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily. · To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over. · To furnish with benches.
From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-. Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Doublet of banc, banco, and bank.
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- Root classification mention*bʰeg-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbenchenm
- Inherited-form mentionbenċang · bench
- Inherited-form mention*bankigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bankizgem-pro · bench
- Derivation mention*bʰeg-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionbenksco
- Cognate mentionbankfy · bench
- Cognate mentionbanknl · bench
- Cognate mentionBankde · bench
- Cognate mentionbænkda · bench
- Cognate mentionbänksv · bench
- Cognate mentionbekkuris · bench
- Doublet mentionbancen
- Doublet mentionbancoen
- Doublet mentionbanken
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