Where does “abanderado” come from?
abanderado (Spanish) comes from Spanish abanderar, from Spanish bandera, from Spanish banda, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
abanderado (Spanish): standard-bearer, flagbearer
Definitions
- standard-bearer, flagbearer
Ancestry of “abanderado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | abanderar | to register a boat under a particular... |
| 2 | Spanish | bandera | flag; banner |
| 3 | Spanish | banda | band; gang, band, group; band, sash |
| 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 | moll | minor |
| 12 | German | Moll | minor |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 14 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 15 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |