Where does “Rockband” come from?
Rockband (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.
Rockband (German): rock band
Definitions
- rock band
Ancestry of “Rockband”, step by step
Rockband traces back through 3 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 |
via German rock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rock | skirt garment |
| 2 | English | Rock | for someone living near a rock or an oak (atter + oke) |
| 3 | English | rock and roll | A genre of popular music that evolved in the... |
| 4 | English | and | As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two... |
| 5 | Middle English | an | Alternative form of in; Alternative form of and;... |
| 6 | Old English | ond | and |
| 7 | Old English | and | and; even; also |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English rock band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rock band | A group of musicians who play rock music |