Where does “Magnetbandgerät” come from?

Magnetbandgerät (German) comes from German Magnetband, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.

Magnetbandgerät (German): tape recorder, tape deck

Definitions

  1. tape recorder, tape deck

Ancestry of “Magnetbandgerät”, step by step

Magnetbandgerät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Magnetband

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

via German Gerät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGerätdevice, tool, appliance, machine; equipment,...
2Middle High Germangeræteequipment; consultation; equipment
3Old High Germangirātiadvice, consultation
4Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔Every word from Etruscan 𐌀Every word from Latin A