Where does “muziekband” come from?
muziekband (Dutch) comes from Dutch band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
muziekband (Dutch): band
Definitions
- band
Ancestry of “muziekband”, step by step
muziekband traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | band | connection, liaison, bond; band; tire/tyre |
| 2 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 3 | German | band | past of binden |
| 4 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 8 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 9 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 10 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 11 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 12 | German | Moll | minor |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 14 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 15 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
via Dutch muziek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | muziek | Music |
| 2 | French | musique | music; first/third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | musique | music |
| 4 | Italian | mosaico | mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;... |
| 5 | Latin | musaicum | — |
| 6 | Latin | musivum | mosaic |
| 7 | Latin | mūsēum | a place or temple devoted to the Muses |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μουσεῖον | a home of music poetry; a museum, a... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |