Where does “bind” come from?

Bind comes from Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic bindan, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-.

bind (English): To tie; to confine by any ligature; To cohere or...

Definitions

  1. To tie; to confine by any ligature; To cohere or...

Ancestry of “bind”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbindenTo secure or strengthen by various means; To take...
2Old Englishbindanto bind, constrain; to fasten or join
3Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
4Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “bind”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →