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Where does “bonspiel” come from?

bonspiel (English) comes from Dutch bond, from Middle Dutch bund, from Proto-Germanic bandaz, from French bandage, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la.

bonspiel (English): A tournament in the sport of curling

Definitions

  1. A tournament in the sport of curling

Ancestry of “bonspiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbondsociety, fellowship; union, association, guild;...
2Middle Dutchbund—
3Proto-Germanicbandaz—
4Frenchbandagebandage
5Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
6Frenchlàthere; here, present
7Italianlàthere
8Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
9Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
10GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
11Germana-MollA-minor
12Hungarianathe; this; that
13Frenchàto; on the, to; at
14LatinAd—
15Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
16Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
17LatinolleArchaic form of ille
18Proto-Italic*olnos—
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