Where does “birdbanding” come from?
birdbanding (English) comes from English banding, 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.
birdbanding (English): The attaching of identification bands to birds in the wild so that they can be recognised and studied
Definitions
- The attaching of identification bands to birds in the wild so that they can be recognised and studied
Ancestry of “birdbanding”, step by step
birdbanding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English banding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | banding | A pattern of band-like markings; A technique used... |
| 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 |