Where does “Bandlaufwerk” come from?

Bandlaufwerk (German) comes from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

Bandlaufwerk (German): tape drive, streamer

Definitions

  1. tape drive, streamer

Ancestry of “Bandlaufwerk”, step by step

Bandlaufwerk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German band

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbandpast of binden
2Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef

via German Laufwerk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLaufwerkdrive; part of a clockwork mechanism; part of a...
2Germanwerkwork, achievement the result of working
3Middle High Germanwercwork
4Old High Germanwercwork
5Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
6Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
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