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Where does “bandel” come from?

bandel (Old French) comes from Old French bande, from Frankish binda, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Ancestry of “bandel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbandeband
2Frankishbindajoin, link
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “bandel”

  • bandeau
  • bendel
  • bandeaux
  • bandeau
  • bandeaux
  • bendel
  • băng-đô
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