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Where does “bandleader” come from?

Bandleader comes from English leader combined with band, which derives from Old Norse band meaning a group bound together, from Proto-Germanic bindaną meaning to bind, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-.

bandleader (English): A musician who leads a band of musicians

Definitions

  1. A musician who leads a band of musicians

Ancestry of “bandleader”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbandA strip of material used for strengthening or...
2Germanbandpast of binden
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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