Where does “videobandspelare” come from?
videobandspelare (Swedish) comes from Swedish bandspelare, from Swedish band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — that.
videobandspelare (Swedish): videocassette recorder
Definitions
- videocassette recorder
Ancestry of “videobandspelare”, step by step
videobandspelare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bandspelare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bandspelare | a tape recorder |
| 2 | Swedish | band | a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material; a... |
| 3 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 4 | German | band | past of binden |
| 5 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 6 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 7 | Italian | là | there |
| 8 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 9 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 10 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 11 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 12 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 13 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 14 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 15 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 16 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 17 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |