forban

The story

1. Old French · derived fromforbenir“to banish”
2. Middle English · derived fromfor-
3. Middle English · inherited fromforbannen
4. English todayforban

From Middle English forbannen, partly from Middle English for- + bannen, equivalent to for- + ban; and partly from Old French forbenir (“to banish”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferbonne (“to banish”), West Frisian ferbanne (“to banish”), Dutch verbannen (“to banish”), German Low German verbannen (“to banish”), German verbannen (“to banish”), Swedish förbanna (“to curse, damn”).

Words from the same roots