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Where does “bandiness” come from?

bandiness (English) comes from English bandy, from French bander, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.

bandiness (English): The state or quality of being bandy

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being bandy

Ancestry of “bandiness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbandyTo give and receive reciprocally; to exchange; To...
2Frenchbanderto bandage; to flex, tighten the muscles, strain,...
3Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
4Frenchlàthere; here, present
5Italianlàthere
6Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
7Portugueseláthere; 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—
15Etruscan𐌀—
16Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
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