English

Maoribank

From Maori + bank.

Formed from Maori + bank

Proto-Oceanic *maqoli ‘true, real’

Proto-Polynesian *ma(a)qoli ‘true, genuine, real’

Māori māori ‘aborigine, native’

English Maori

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 suburb of Upper Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Maoribank