Where does “bando” come from?
bando (Esperanto) comes from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.
bando (Esperanto): band; gang
Definitions
- band; gang
Ancestry of “bando”, step by step
bando traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 2 | German | band | past of binden |
| 3 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Latin | A | — |
| 15 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 17 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 18 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |
via German Bande
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bande | gang; group, squad, band; elevated boundary of a... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | bandwō | sign |
via Italian banda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | banda | side; tape or strip; bend |