Etymology

multiband

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Today it means: Having or employing multiple bands, especially frequency bands. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  8. Old Englishbend
  9. Middle Englishband
  10. Englishband
  11. English todaymultiband

From multi- + band.

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