Polysemy
Bank
1. a financial institution the building where a financial institution offers services
2. a synonym for 'rely upon' (e.g. "I'm your friend, you can bank on me").
It is different, but related, as it derives from the theme of security initiated by 1.
However: 1 is loaned from Italian banco, a money lenders shelf, while a river bank is a native English word. Today they can be considered homonyms with completely different meanings. But originally they were polysemous since Italian loaned the word from a Germanic language. The Proto-Germanic cognate for "shelf" is *bankiz.[16] A river bank is typically visually shelf-like in its flatness, and it collects deposits which a financial bank also does.
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Mouse
1. a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate.
2. a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface, which moves the cursor in accordance with its move.
1. a financial institution the building where a financial institution offers services
2. a synonym for 'rely upon' (e.g. "I'm your friend, you can bank on me").
It is different, but related, as it derives from the theme of security initiated by 1.
However: 1 is loaned from Italian banco, a money lenders shelf, while a river bank is a native English word. Today they can be considered homonyms with completely different meanings. But originally they were polysemous since Italian loaned the word from a Germanic language. The Proto-Germanic cognate for "shelf" is *bankiz.[16] A river bank is typically visually shelf-like in its flatness, and it collects deposits which a financial bank also does.
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Mouse
1. a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate.
2. a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface, which moves the cursor in accordance with its move.
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