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
contrabandista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish contrabandista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | — |
via Portuguese contrabandista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | contrabandista | smuggler; contrabandist |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ista | ist person with a particular creative or academic role, appended to the name of this role, or its corresponding adjective |
| 3 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |