Oxford English Dictionary, it gives the origin as from the Italian banca rotta "broken bench", but not specifically from this bridge. online, '[1]Arhivirano 2007-03-08 na Wayback Machine-u'.
Ponte Vecchio at web site of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
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Dictionary.com, an Ask.com Service, it gives the origin as from the Italin Banca Rotta "broken moneylenders bench", and is first recorded in 1552. It does not specifically link it with this bridge, '[2]'.
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Oxford English Dictionary, it gives the origin as from the Italian banca rotta "broken bench", but not specifically from this bridge. online, '[1]Arhivirano 2007-03-08 na Wayback Machine-u'.
