Where does “Drogenbande” come from?
Drogenbande (German) comes from German Bande, 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.
Drogenbande (German): drug gang
Definitions
- drug gang
Ancestry of “Drogenbande”, step by step
Drogenbande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bande
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bande | gang; group, squad, band; elevated boundary of a... |
| 2 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 3 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 4 | Italian | là | there |
| 5 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 6 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 7 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 8 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 9 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 10 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 11 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 12 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 13 | Latin | A | — |
| 14 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 16 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
via German dröge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dröge | dry; dull; boring; humdrum |
| 2 | French | drogue | drug |
| 3 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 5 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 7 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |