Where does “bandstrength” come from?
bandstrength (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.
bandstrength (English): The relative strength of a spectral band
Definitions
- The relative strength of a spectral band
Ancestry of “bandstrength”, step by step
bandstrength traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 2 | German | band | past of binden |
| 3 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Latin | A | — |
| 15 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
via English strength
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strength | The quality or degree of being strong; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | strengthe | strength; Alternative form of strengthen |
| 3 | Old English | strengþu | physical strength; power to do; force; vigour;... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strangiþu | strength |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | strang | severe, strict, rigorous; strong |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strangaz | tight, strict, straight; strong |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strengʰ- | to twist; rope, cord |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |