Where does “wristbanded” come from?
wristbanded (English) comes from English wristband, 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.
wristbanded (English): Wearing a wristband
Ancestry of “wristbanded”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | wristband | the cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist;... |
| 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 | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |