'Mountebank' is a word borrowed from Italian 'montambanco'. The word entered the English language some time around 1577.
mountebank [noun] [1577]
- a person who sells quack medicines from a platform
- a boastful unscrupulous pretender
- charlatan
See 'mountebank' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: Italian 'montimbanco' from 'montare' to mount + 'in' in, on + 'banco, banca' bench
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