Word Origins
Words starting with b
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| band (music) |
-noun
Russian orkestr
French orchestre
English orchestra
---
Spanish banda
English band
band (ribbon) noun
Indian Sanskrit band
‘bond’, ‘tie’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
Spanish banda
English band |
| bandage |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit band
‘bond’, ‘tie’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
Russian bant
German die Bandage
French bandage
Gaelic bann
euskara (Basque) benda
Chinese bayngdai |
| bandage |
-verb intransitive, verb transitive
Indian Sanskrit band
‘bond’, ‘tie’.
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
Russian bantovat
euskara (Basque) bendatu
English bandage |
| bandanna |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit band
‘bond’, ‘tie’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
English bandanna |
| bandit |
-noun
Russian bandit
Spanish bandido
French bandit
English bandit |
| bangle |
-noun
Russian braslet
Spanish brazalete
English bracelet |
| banjo |
-noun
Russian bandzho
euskara(Basque) banjo
Spanish banjo
English banjo |
| bank |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bank’i
Russian bank
euskara (Basque) banku
banketxe
French banque
English bank |
| bank account |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bank’i
‘bank’
euskara (Basque) bankukontu
English bank account |
| banker |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bank’iri
Russian bankir
euskara (Basque) bankari
Spanish banquero
English banker |
| banking |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bank’i
‘bank’
euskara (Basque) banka-negozio
banka-iharduera
English banking |
| banknote |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bank’i
‘bank’
Russian banknota
euskara (Basque) banku
txartel
English banknote
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Georgian (Kartuli ena) bilet’i
’ticket’
French billet (de
banque) ‘banknote) |
| bankrupt |
-adjective
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bank’i
‘bank’
Russian bankrot
English bankrupt |
| bankruptcy |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bank’i
‘bank’
Russian bankrotstvo
English bankruptcy |
| banner |
-noun
Spanish bandera
French banniere
English banner |
| banquet |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena)
bank’et’i
Russian banket
Spanish banquete
French banquet
English banquet
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Gaelic feisd
English feast |
| Baptist |
-noun
euskara(Basque) baptista
English Baptist |
| bar |
-noun
Arabic baar ‘taproom’
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bari
Russian bar
Spanish barra
French bar
English bar |
| barbarian |
-noun
Arabic barbaree
Spanish barbaro
English barbarian
---
Indian Hindi gadhdhar ‘ass’,
‘donkey’.
Turkish gaddar ‘barbarian’ |
| barbaric |
-adjective
Arabic barbaree
‘barbarian’
Spanish barbarico
English barbaric
---
Indian Hindi gadhdhar ‘ass’,
‘donkey’.
Turkish gaddarlik ‘barbaric’ |
| barbarism |
-noun
Arabic barbaree
‘barbarian’
Spanish barbarismo
English barbarism |
| barbecue |
-noun
Spanish barbacoa
French barbecue
English barbecue |
| barber |
-noun
Indian Brahui barot ‘beard’.
euskara (Basque) barberu
‘barber’
Ladino barbero
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe
Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic)
derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’
German der Barbier
Spanish barbero
Gaelic borbair
bearradair
Greek barberis
English barber
---
French coiffeur
English coiffeur |
| bard |
-noun
Russian bard
Spanish bardo
English bard |
| barge |
-noun
Arabic baarija ‘battleship’,
‘warship’
Russian barzha
English barge |
| baritone |
-noun, adjective
Russian bariton
euskara (Basque) baritono
Hebrew bareeton
Spanish baritono
English baritone |
| barley |
-noun
Indian Tamil kodumai
‘wheat’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
Croatian damai (Tamil
k sound dropped)
Chinese mai (Tamil
k-d sounds dropped) |
| barmaid |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra ‘room’
Spanish camarera ‘barmaid’ |
| barn |
-noun
Arabic anbaar
Georgian (Kartuli ena) ambari
Russian ambar
Turkish ambar |
| barometer |
-noun
Russian barometr
Hebrew barometer
Spanish barometro
French barometre
English barometer |
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