Where does “bandgap” come from?
Bandgap derives from English band and gap, where band comes from Middle English band, from Proto-Germanic bindaną meaning "to bind," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-.
bandgap (English): The energy difference between two allowed ranges...
Definitions
- The energy difference between two allowed ranges...
Ancestry of “bandgap”, step by step
bandgap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 2 | German | band | past of binden |
| 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 English gap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gap | An opening in anything made by breaking or... |
| 2 | English | gape | To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily,... |
| 3 | Middle English | gapen | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | gapa | to gape, open the mouth wide |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gapōną | to gaze, observe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁y- | to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰih₁- | — |