Where does “débandade” come from?
débandade (French) comes from French débander, from French bander, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.
débandade (French): stampede, rush; disarray
Definitions
- stampede, rush; disarray
Ancestry of “débandade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | débander | to unfasten a bandage; to remove a blindfold; to... |
| 2 | French | bander | to bandage; to flex, tighten the muscles, strain,... |
| 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 | — |