My nieces used to call me Uncle Buck because they knew I worked in a bank and it was easier to remember Buck than John. While they could say Buck they did not know what bank meant, nor obviously did they know the origin of the word.
More than 300 years ago, moneylenders use to ply their trade on benches in the marketplaces of the main cities in England. The Latin word for bench is...
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