Where does “banda” come from?
banda (Galician) comes from Old French bande, from Frankish binda, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
banda (Galician): band, strip; bank; bend
Ancestry of “banda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | bande | band |
| 2 | Frankish | binda | join, link |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |