'banderole' originates from Old French, specifically the word 'banderole', where the element 'band-' meant 'band, strip or banner' (from a Germanic root).

'banderole' changed from Medieval Latin word 'banderola' and Old French 'banderole' and eventually became the modern English word 'banderole'.

Initially, it meant 'small banner or streamer', but over time it also came to mean 'a strip or label attached to an object' and the verb sense 'to attach such a strip'.