Where does “bend” come from?

bend (Serbo-Croatian) 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.

bend (Serbo-Croatian): band

Definitions

  1. band

Ancestry of “bend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbandA strip of material used for strengthening or...
2Germanbandpast of binden
3Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
4Frenchlàthere; here, present
5Italianlàthere
6Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
7Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
8GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
9Germana-MollA-minor
10Hungarianathe; this; that
11Frenchàto; on the, to; at
12Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
13Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
14LatinA—
15Etruscan𐌀and, also
16Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔ →Every word from Etruscan 𐌀 →Every word from Latin A →