Etymology

forfend

for·fend
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Today it means: To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. Full definition →

Middle English forfenden
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromforfenden“to ward off, protect, prohibit”
  2. English todayforfend

From Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”), equivalent to for- + fend.

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