Etymology of the English word bandit
the English word
banditderived from the Italian word
banditoderived from the Italian word
bandirederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bha-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*bannDate
The earliest known usage of bandit in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
banditry,
technobanditCognates
Dutch
bandiet, French
bandit, German
Bandit, Norwegian
banditt, Swedish
banditUsage
Word found in Modern English
