Where does “lakban” come from?
lakban (Indonesian) comes from Dutch plakband, from Dutch band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — that.
lakban (Indonesian): duck tape, duct tape
Definitions
- duck tape, duct tape
Ancestry of “lakban”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | plakband | sticky tape, adhesive tape |
| 2 | Dutch | band | connection, liaison, bond; band; tire/tyre |
| 3 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 4 | German | band | past of binden |
| 5 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 6 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 7 | Italian | là | there |
| 8 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 9 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 10 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 11 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 12 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 13 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 14 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 15 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 16 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 17 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |