casana

Italian

Etymology

From Venetan casnà (“treasure; heap of money”), itself from Arabic خزينة (ḵazīna, “treasure”), via Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (hazna), from whence Turkish hazine (“treasure”). Influenced by casa (“house”).

Noun

casana f (plural casane)

  1. (finance) credit establishment, originally founded by Tuscan bankers in Piedmont, Italy

Derived terms

  • casaniere

Descendants

  • Old French: casenier
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