In medieval times Italian moneylenders used benches in the marketplace to conduct business. Latin for bench was X, which transferred to English as Y. These lenders were required to publicly break up their benches if their businesses failed, this was termed as A, which transferred to English as B.
The Latin expression being XA-, became YB in English. What are XA, YB?
Ans: X-Banca Y-Bank A-rupta B- rupt, so XA- Bancarupta and YB-Bankrupt.
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X- Banca
Y- Bank
A- Rupta
B- Rupt
XA - Banca Rupta
YB- Bankrupt
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