casana

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

casana f (plural casane)

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

Derived terms

casaniere

Descendants

Old French: casenier
- → French: casanier

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