Where does “bandslash” come from?

bandslash (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.

bandslash (English): Slash fan fiction which pairs real musicians,...

Definitions

  1. Slash fan fiction which pairs real musicians,...

Ancestry of “bandslash”, step by step

bandslash 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
4Frenchlàthere; here, present
5Italianlàthere
6Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
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—
15Etruscan𐌀and, also
16Ancient Greekᾱ̔—

via English slash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslashA slashing action or motion, "particularly"; A...
2Frenchesclachierto break
3Frankishslaitanto split, break
4Proto-Germanicslaitijaną—
5Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔ →Every word from Etruscan 𐌀 →Every word from Latin A →