Where does “dansband” come from?
dansband (English) comes from Swedish dansband, from Swedish band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — that.
dansband (English): A genre of Swedish popular music influenced by rock and roll, schlager and other styles
Definitions
- A genre of Swedish popular music influenced by rock and roll, schlager and other styles
Ancestry of “dansband”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dansband | a band that plays dansband |
| 2 | Swedish | band | a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material; a... |
| 3 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 4 | German | band | past of binden |
| 5 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 6 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 7 | Italian | là | there |
| 8 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 9 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 10 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 11 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 12 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 13 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 14 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 15 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 16 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 17 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |