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Etymology Dictionary

Origin of the word BANDIT.  Etymology of the word BANDIT.

From An Etymology Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893

 

BANDIT,  a robber; prop. an outlaw.  (Ital.)   Bandite occurs in Comus, l. 426, and bandetto in Shak. 2 Hen. VI, iv. 1. 135.   Borrowed from Ital. bandito, outlawed, pp. of bandire, to proscribe.—Low Lat. bandire, to proclaim; formed (with excrescent d) from bannire, with the same sense.—Low Lat. bannum, a proclamation.   See Ban, Banish.

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Etymology Dictionary Index
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Key
Arab.=Arabic.
A.S.=Anglo Saxon.
Bavar.=Bavarian
Bohem.=Bohemian.
C.=Celtic, used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Cornish, &c.
Corn.=Cornish.
Dan.=Danish.
Du.=Dutch
E.=English.
E.E.=Early English.
Europ.=European.
F.=French.
G.=German.
Gk.=Greek.
Goth.=Gothic.
Icel.=Icelandic.
Ital.=Italian.
L. or Lat.=Latin.
Lith. & Lithuan.=Lithuanian.
M.E.=Middle English.
M.F.=Middle French
M.H.G.=Middle High German.
Norw.=Norwegian.
O.F.=Old French.
O.H.G.=Old High German.
Pers.=Persian.
Port.=Portuguese.
Scand.=Scandinavian, used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, &c.
Sc.=Scottish.
Skt.=Sanskrit.
Span.=Spanish.
Swed.=Sweish.
Teut.=Teutonic
Turk.=Turkish.
W.=Welsh.

  

 

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