band

*bʰendʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

bind, to bind, to tie, bind , to tie

*bandiz (Proto-Germanic)

Band.

bend (Old English)

*bend (Frankish)

banda (Old Provençal)

*benda (Vulgar Latin)

bende (Old French)

band (Middle English)

band (English)

(transitive) To fasten with a band.. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird). (architecture) A strip of decoration.. (especially, American English) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic [...]