French

Where the Romanian word “banc” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (s.n.): Din fr. banc. → French · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French banc

In film dialogue

5.9 times per million words · number 5,593 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

4.1 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
12	5.6	0.6	2.5	4.6

Swap in a synonym

bancă (French), spirit (Learned Latin), glumă (Old Slavic), minciună (Inherited Latin), prag (Old Slavic), stand (French), anecdotă (French), snoavă (Old Slavic)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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