bandolier

The story

1. Old Spanish · derived frombando
2. Catalan · derived frombàndol“band, faction, party”
3. Catalan · derived frombandolera
4. Middle French · derived frombandoulliere
5. English todaybandolier

From earlier form bandollier, from Middle French bandoulliere, from Catalan bandolera, feminine derivative of bandoler (“member of a band of men”), from Catalan bàndol (“band, faction, party”), from Old Spanish bando.