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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bankett

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bankett
Friedrich Kluge2505958An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bankett1891John Francis Davis

Bankett, n., ‘banquet,’ borrowed before the middle of the 16th cent. from Fr. banquet, which (with Fr. banc, Ital. banco, ‘table’) was perhaps derived from the German stem of Bank.