Where does “banditti” come from?
Banditti comes from Italian banditi, the plural of bandito, from the Italian verb bandire, derived from Frankish bannjan, meaning to proclaim or summon.
banditti (English): robbers or outlaws
Definitions
- robbers or outlaws
Ancestry of “banditti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | banditi | plural of bandito |
| 2 | Italian | bandito | bandit, outlaw; past participle of bandire |
| 3 | Italian | bandire | to announce; to ban; to banish |
| 4 | Latin | bannio | I proclaim; I proscribe |
| 5 | Frankish | bannijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |