Etymology of the French word contrebande
the French word
contrebandederived from the Italian word
contrabbandousing the Italian prefix
contra-derived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Italian word
bandoderived from the Gothic word
bandwōDate
The earliest known usage of contrebande in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
contrebandierDerivations in other languages
Romanian
contrabandăCognates
Dutch
contrabande, English
contraband, German
Konterbande, Norwegian
kontrabande, Swedish
kontraband
