Where does “Bandera” come from?
Bandera (English) comes from Spanish bandera, from Spanish banda, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.
Ancestry of “Bandera”, step by step
Bandera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish bandera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | bandera | flag; banner |
| 2 | Spanish | banda | band; gang, band, group; band, sash |
| 3 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Latin | A | — |
| 15 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
via Ukrainian Банде́ра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | Банде́ра | — |