Where does “contrabandista” come from?
contrabandista (English) comes from Spanish contrabandista, from Spanish contrabando, from Spanish contrabanda, from French contrebande, from Italian contrabbando, from Italian bando, from Latin bannum, from Frankish ban.
contrabandista (English): A contrabandist in Spain, Portugal, or Latin...
Definitions
- A contrabandist in Spain, Portugal, or Latin...
Ancestry of “contrabandista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | contrabandista | smuggler, contrabandist, bootlegger |
| 2 | Spanish | contrabando | contraband, smuggled goods; smuggling; bootleg,... |
| 3 | Spanish | contrabanda | Archaic spelling of contrabando |
| 4 | French | contrebande | smuggling |
| 5 | Italian | contrabbando | smuggling; contraband; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Italian | bando | announcement, notice, call; banishment; ban |
| 7 | Latin | bannum | Alternative form of bannus; accusative singular... |
| 8 | Frankish | ban | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |