Etymology

bander

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Today it means: Someone who bands birds. Full definition →

English band ← Middle English band ← Old English bend
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The story

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

From band + -er.

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