Etymology

bandy

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Today it means: To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. Full definition →

French bander
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bandy · verb1

  1. French · borrowed frombander“to bandy at tennis”
  2. English todaybandy

From French bander (“to bandy at tennis”), with -y, -ie added due to influence from Spanish and Portuguese bandear and/or Old Occitan bandir (“to throw”), from the same root as English band. Compare also with banter.

bandy · adjective2

  1. Scots · borrowed frombandy
  2. Scots · borrowed frombandy
  3. English todaybandy

Borrowed from Scots bandy.

bandy · noun3

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bandją“a curved stick”
  2. English todaybandy

Probably from the verb bandy in the sense "toss/bat back and forth", or possibly from the Welsh word bando, most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandją (“a curved stick”).

bandy · noun4

  1. Telugu · borrowed fromబండి
  2. Telugu · borrowed fromబండి
  3. English todaybandy

Borrowed from Telugu బండి (baṇḍi).

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