Where does “Brabanditti” come from?
Brabanditti (English) comes from English Brabant, from Dutch Brabant, from Middle Dutch brabant, from Old Dutch brākbant, from Proto-Germanic banti, from Dutch band, from English band, from German band — to grow, nourish.
Brabanditti (English): The soldiers of General Edward Brabant, British military commander in colonial South Africa
Definitions
- The soldiers of General Edward Brabant, British military commander in colonial South Africa
Ancestry of “Brabanditti”, step by step
Brabanditti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Brabant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Brabant | an express train linking Gare du Nord, with Brussels-South |
| 2 | Dutch | Brabant | North Brabant |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | brabant | Brabant |
| 4 | Old Dutch | brākbant | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banti | district, region |
| 6 | Dutch | band | connection, liaison, bond; band; tire/tyre |
| 7 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 8 | German | band | past of binden |
| 9 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 10 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 11 | Italian | là | there |
| 12 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 13 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 14 | Old Portuguese | ala | — |
| 15 | Latin | illac | that way, that side, there, along that path, in... |
| 16 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 17 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 18 | Old Latin | olle | that; he, that; Archaic form of ille |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English banditti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | banditti | robbers or outlaws |
| 2 | Italian | banditi | plural of bandito |
| 3 | Italian | bandito | bandit, outlaw; past participle of bandire |
| 4 | Italian | bandire | to announce; to ban; to banish |
| 5 | Latin | bannio | I proclaim; I proscribe |
| 6 | Frankish | bannijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |