Where does “Bandabou” come from?
Bandabou (Papiamentu) comes from Papiamentu banda, from Kabuverdianu banda, from Portuguese banda, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá.
Ancestry of “Bandabou”, step by step
Bandabou traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Papiamentu banda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papiamentu | banda | next to; around; surroundings |
| 2 | Kabuverdianu | banda | side |
| 3 | Portuguese | banda | band, stripe; side; bend |
| 4 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 8 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 9 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 10 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 11 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 12 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 13 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 14 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 15 | Latin | A | — |
| 16 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
via Papiamentu abou
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papiamentu | abou | low |
| 2 | Spanish | abajo | down; downstairs; below |
| 3 | Spanish | bajo | short; low, ground; low, bottom, poor |
| 4 | Latin | Bassus | thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |