bandit

The story

1. Frankish · derived from*bannan“to ban”
2. Late Latin · derived frombannīre“to ban”
3. Gothic · derived from𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽“to signal”
4. Late Latin · derived frombandīre
5. Italian · derived frombandire“to ban”
6. Italian · borrowed frombandito“outlawed”
7. English todaybandit

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”). Doublet of bandito.

Words from the same roots