pardon

The story

1. Germanic · derived from
2. Late Latin · derived fromperdōnāre
3. Old French · derived frompardoner
4. Middle English · inherited frompardonen
5. English todaypardon

From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdōnāre, from per- + dōnāre, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.