Where does “kontrabando” come from?
kontrabando (Cebuano) comes from Spanish contrabando, from Spanish contrabanda, from French contrebande, from Italian contrabbando, from Italian bando, from Latin bannum, from Frankish ban, from Proto-Germanic bannaną.
kontrabando (Cebuano): contraband; smuggled goods
Definitions
- contraband; smuggled goods
Ancestry of “kontrabando”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | contrabando | contraband, smuggled goods; smuggling; bootleg,... |
| 2 | Spanish | contrabanda | Archaic spelling of contrabando |
| 3 | French | contrebande | smuggling |
| 4 | Italian | contrabbando | smuggling; contraband; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | bando | announcement, notice, call; banishment; ban |
| 6 | Latin | bannum | Alternative form of bannus; accusative singular... |
| 7 | Frankish | ban | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |