Where does “cummerbunded” come from?
cummerbunded (English) comes from English ED, from Japanese エンディング, from English ending, from Middle English ending, from Middle English endyng, from Old English endung, from Old English endian, from Proto-Germanic andijōną — on, onto.
cummerbunded (English): Wearing a cummerbund
Definitions
- Wearing a cummerbund
Ancestry of “cummerbunded”, step by step
cummerbunded traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ED
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ED | Initialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Japanese | エンディング | ending, especially of a broadcast or performance |
| 3 | English | ending | A termination or conclusion; The last part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | ending | Alternative form of endyng |
| 5 | Middle English | endyng | An ending, termination, or conclusion;... |
| 6 | Old English | endung | ending |
| 7 | Old English | endian | to end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijōną | to end, bring to an end, finish |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English cummerbund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cummerbund | A broad sash, especially one that is pleated... |
| 2 | Urdu | کمر بند | belt, waistband |
| 3 | Persian | کمربند | belt |
| 4 | Persian | کمر | waist; girdle, belt; the middle of a mountain |
| 5 | Pahlavi | 𐫞𐫖𐫡 | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |