forbode

forbode · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰewdʰ-“to be awake, fully perceive”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*frabudą“prohibition”
3. Old English · inherited fromforbod“a forbidding, prohibition”
4. Middle English · inherited fromforbode
5. English todayforbode

From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”), from Proto-Germanic *frabudą (“prohibition”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, fully perceive”), equivalent to for- + bode. Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.

forbode · verb²

1. Old English · inherited fromforbēad
2. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
3. English todayforbode

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan (“to forbid”). More at forbid.

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