Where does “Maßband” come from?
Maßband (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.
Maßband (German): tape measure, measuring tape
Definitions
- tape measure, measuring tape
Ancestry of “Maßband”, step by step
Maßband traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | band | past of binden |
| 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 |