forbite

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromforbītan
2. Middle English · inherited fromforbiten“to bite up”
3. English todayforbite

From Middle English forbiten (“to bite up”), from Old English forbītan, equivalent to for- + bite. Cognate with West Frisian forbite (“to forbite”), Dutch verbijten (“to forbite”), Low German verbīten (“to forbite”), German verbeissen (“to forbite”). More at for-, bite.