Where does “vakbon” come from?
vakbon (Indonesian) comes from Dutch vakbond, from Dutch bond, from Middle Dutch bund, from Proto-Germanic bandaz, from French bandage, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là — soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
vakbon (Indonesian): trade union
Definitions
- trade union
Ancestry of “vakbon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vakbond | trade union |
| 2 | Dutch | bond | society, fellowship; union, association, guild;... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bund | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bandaz | — |
| 5 | French | bandage | bandage |
| 6 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 7 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 8 | Italian | là | there |
| 9 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 10 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 11 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 12 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 13 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 14 | German | Moll | minor |
| 15 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 16 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |