Where does “banda” come from?
banda (Irish) comes from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.
banda (Irish): band; womanly; feminine
Definitions
- band; womanly; feminine
Ancestry of “banda”, step by step
banda traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 2 | German | band | past of binden |
| 3 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Latin | A | — |
| 15 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
via Irish bean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | bean | woman; wife; one |
| 2 | Old Irish | ben | woman; wife; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | benā | woman |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |
via Old Irish banda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | banda | — |