English
Fairbanks
From fair + bank.
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to attach’
Proto-Germanic *fagraz ‘appropriate’
Proto-West Germanic *fagr ‘beautiful’
Old English fæġer ‘beautiful’
Middle English fayr ‘beautiful’
English fair
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- ‘to turn’
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Lombardic bank ‘bench’
Italian banca ‘counter’
Middle French banque
Middle English banke
English bank
Today it means
name A habitational surname. An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places named "fair bank" etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Fairbanks