Where does “veinbanding” come from?
veinbanding (English) comes from English banding, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
veinbanding (English): Of a plant virus: causing light-coloured bands along the veins of the leaves
Definitions
- Of a plant virus: causing light-coloured bands along the veins of the leaves
Ancestry of “veinbanding”, step by step
veinbanding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English banding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | banding | A pattern of band-like markings; A technique used... |
| 2 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 3 | German | band | past of binden |
| 4 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 8 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 9 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 10 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 11 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 12 | German | Moll | minor |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 14 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 15 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |