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Where does “banderilla” come from?

banderilla (English) comes from Spanish banderilla, from Spanish bandera, from Spanish banda, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.

banderilla (English): A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to...

Definitions

  1. A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to...

Ancestry of “banderilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbanderillabanderilla
2Spanishbanderaflag; banner
3Spanishbandaband; gang, band, group; band, sash
4Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
5Frenchlàthere; here, present
6Italianlàthere
7Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
8Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
9GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
10Germana-MollA-minor
11Hungarianmoll—
12GermanMollminor
13Medieval Latinmolle—
14Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
15Latinmolduis—
16Proto-Italicmoldus—
17Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dus—
18Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
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