Etymology

band

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Today it means: A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. Full definition →

Middle English band ← Old English bend ← Proto-Germanic *bandiz
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band · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  3. Old Englishbend
  4. Middle Englishband
  5. English todayband

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

band · noun, verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  3. Old Englishbend
  4. Middle Englishband
  5. English todayband

Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

band · verb3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Band · proper noun4

* English, German and Jewish surname, from the noun Band (“hoop, metal ring”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Bond. * Also as a German surname, pet from of Bernhard. * As a Dutch surname, from the place name (die) Bant.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbeand all →

bond

Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ- all →

bondbendbonnetbandanadisbandantipathyboosesprachbund

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