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The "Bench rename to Bank" back-and-forth renamings look pretty interesting.
by kawsper 11y ago
The "Bench rename to Bank" back-and-forth renamings look pretty interesting.
- planb 11y agoThat's easy to explain I think: In german "Bank" means "bench" as well as "bank", so there's quite a bit potential for confusion.
- legulere 11y agoBank and bench have the same origin: proto germanic *bankiz meaning bench. The first european banks were actually just people sitting on benches in Italy doing the business. Thus banks took on the name bank. In some languages like Dutch or German the word for bench and bank are the same: bank/Bank