Etymology

banning

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Today it means: The act by which something is banned; a prohibition. Full definition →

Middle English banning
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banning · verb1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

banning · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited frombanning
  2. English todaybanning

From Middle English banning, bannyng, bonnyng, equivalent to ban + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian banning, Dutch banning, German Low German Banning, German Bannung.

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