Where does “banner” come from?

Banner comes from English Banbury, derived from Latin -arius and Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, originally meaning to speak or proclaim.

banner (English): A flag or standard used by a military commander,...

Definitions

  1. A flag or standard used by a military commander,...

Ancestry of “banner”, step by step

banner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbanTo summon; to call out; To anathematize; to...
2EnglishBanburismusA cryptologic process using an early form of...
3EnglishBanburyA Banbury cake
4Old EnglishBannanburg—
5Old Englishburgcity; town; a fortified place: stronghold, fort,...
6Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-—

via Middle English baner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbanerbanner
2Old Frenchbanierebanner
3Proto-Germanicbandizband
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “banner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ- →