Where does “anticontrabando” come from?
anticontrabando (Portuguese) comes from Spanish contrabando, from Spanish contrabanda, from French contrebande, from Italian contrabbando, from Italian bando, from Latin bannum, from Frankish ban, from Proto-Germanic bannaną.
anticontrabando (Portuguese): antismuggling
Definitions
- antismuggling
Ancestry of “anticontrabando”, step by step
anticontrabando traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish contrabando
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | contrabando | contraband, smuggled goods; smuggling; bootleg,... |
| 2 | Spanish | contrabanda | Archaic spelling of contrabando |
| 3 | French | contrebande | smuggling |
| 4 | Italian | contrabbando | smuggling; contraband; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | bando | announcement, notice, call; banishment; ban |
| 6 | Latin | bannum | Alternative form of bannus; accusative singular... |
| 7 | Frankish | ban | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Portuguese contrabando
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | contrabando | contraband; the practice of smuggling |