Where does “Aarmband” come from?
Aarmband (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.
Aarmband (Luxembourgish): bracelet, wristband
Definitions
- bracelet, wristband
Ancestry of “Aarmband”, step by step
Aarmband traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Band | ribbon, band; tape, band; ligament |
| 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 Luxembourgish aarm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | aarm | poor |
| 2 | Old High German | arm | arm; poor, miserable |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | arm | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |