Etymology

geoband

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Today it means: An elastic band used in conjunction with a geoboard. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  7. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  8. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  9. Latingeōmetria
  10. Old Frenchgeometrie
  11. Middle Englishgemetry
  12. Englishgeometry
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  14. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  15. Old Englishbend
  16. Middle Englishband
  17. Englishband
  18. English todaygeoband

Blend of geometry + band.

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