Where does “band” come from?
Band comes from Old Norse band, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-, a root meaning to bind or tie.
band (English): A strip of material used for strengthening or...
Definitions
- A strip of material used for strengthening or...
Ancestry of “band”, step by step
band traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | band | past of binden |
| 2 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 3 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 4 | Italian | là | there |
| 5 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 6 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 7 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 8 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 9 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 10 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 11 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 12 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 13 | Latin | A | — |
| 14 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 16 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |