Etymology

bandleader

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Today it means: A musician who conducts or leads a band of musicians. Full definition →

English leader ← Middle English ledere ← Old English lǣdere
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  3. Old Englishbend
  4. Middle Englishband
  5. Englishband
  6. Proto-West Germanic*laidī
  7. Proto-West Germanic*laid
  8. Proto-West Germanic*laidijārī
  9. Old Englishlǣdere
  10. Middle Englishledere
  11. Englishleader
  12. English todaybandleader

From band + leader.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.