Etymology

wristband

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Today it means: The cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishwrist
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  4. Old Englishbend
  5. Middle Englishband
  6. Englishband
  7. English todaywristband

From wrist + band.

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