Etymology of the English word cummerbund
the English word
cummerbundderived from the Hindi word
kamarbandderived from the Persian word
kamarbandderived from the Persian word
kamarderived from the Middle Persian word
bandderived from the Avestan root
*banda-derived from the Iranian root
*banda-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhendh-Date
The earliest known usage of cummerbund in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
