Where does “bandhead” come from?

bandhead (English) comes from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.

bandhead (English): A location on a spectrum where many lines become...

Definitions

  1. A location on a spectrum where many lines become...

Ancestry of “bandhead”, step by step

bandhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English band

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbandA strip of material used for strengthening or...
2Germanbandpast of binden
3Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
4Frenchthere; here, present
5Italianthere
6Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
7Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
8GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
9Germana-MollA-minor
10Hungarianathe; this; that
11Frenchàto; on the, to; at
12Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
13Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
14LatinA
15Etruscan𐌀and, also
16Ancient Greekᾱ̔

via English head

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheadThe part of the body of an animal or human which...
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔
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