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Where does “broadband” come from?

Broadband comes from English broad and English band, which derives from Middle English band, from Old Norseband meaning "something that binds."

broadband (English): Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of...

Ancestry of “broadband”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbandA strip of material used for strengthening or...
2Germanbandpast of binden
3Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
4Frenchlàthere; here, present
5Italianlàthere
6Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
7Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
8GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
9Germana-MollA-minor
10Hungarianathe; this; that
11Frenchàto; on the, to; at
12Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
13Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
14LatinA—
15Etruscan𐌀—
16Ancient Greekᾱ̔—

Words derived from “broadband”

  • ultrabroadband
  • nonbroadband
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