Where does “bandada” come from?

bandada (Spanish) comes from Catalan banda, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

bandada (Spanish): flock; swarm; shoal

Definitions

  1. flock; swarm; shoal

Ancestry of “bandada”, step by step

bandada traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan banda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbandaband, sash; side; band, gang
2Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef

via Spanish banda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbandaband; gang, band, group; band, sash

via Proto-Celtic bando-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbando-harmonious, melodious
Every word from Phoenician 𐤀