Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*bannaną
4 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *bannaną, most common first.
- banTo prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- abandonTo give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
- banishTo send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
- banalCommon in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.