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Where does “bandwagon” come from?

Bandwagon comes from English band and Dutch wagen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- meaning to bind and weǵʰ- meaning to convey.

bandwagon (English): A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians...

Definitions

  1. A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians...

Ancestry of “bandwagon”, 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—

Words derived from “bandwagon”

  • bandwagoning
  • bandwagoner
  • bandwagonism
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