Band Definition
Origin of Band
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From Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic bandur (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bende (from Old English bend) (and from Old French bande, bende) (of Germanic origin) and Middle English bond, band (from Old Norse band) bhendh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Provençal banda (“regiment of troops”), probably from Proto-Germanic *bandī or Gothic, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
From Wiktionary
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* (wildcard) + -band, after the roguelike Angband, after the fictional fortress Angband in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion, from Sindarin ang (“iron”) + band (“prison”).
From Wiktionary
Earlier bande from Old French banner, troop identified by its standard of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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