Where does “Notenständer” come from?

Notenständer (German) comes from German note, from Latin notā — mark, sign.

Notenständer (German): music stand

Definitions

  1. music stand

Ancestry of “Notenständer”, step by step

Notenständer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German note

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannotenote character indicating the length and pitch of a tone
2Latinnotāmark, sign

via German Ständer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStänderstand; boner, stiffy, rod
Every word from Latin notā →Every word from German note →