Where does “birdbander” come from?
birdbander (English) comes from English bander, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
birdbander (English): One who attaches identification bands to birds in the wild so that they can be recognised and studied
Definitions
- One who attaches identification bands to birds in the wild so that they can be recognised and studied
Ancestry of “birdbander”, step by step
birdbander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bander | Someone who bands birds; A device for putting... |
| 2 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 3 | German | band | past of binden |
| 4 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 8 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 9 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 10 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 11 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 12 | German | Moll | minor |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 14 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 15 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |