English
banish
Banish comes from Old French banir ‘to proclaim, ban, banish’, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną ‘curse, forbid’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bannaną‘curse, forbid’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400banir‘to proclaim, ban, banish’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500banishen‘to condemn, to outlaw by authority’
- Englishearliest quotation 1796banish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bannaną‘curse, forbid’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400banir‘to proclaim, ban, banish’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500banishen‘to condemn, to outlaw by authority’
- Englishearliest quotation 1796banish
Earliest quotation: 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk: “Then yours she will never be! You are banished…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
phone, focus, professor, famous, fuel, ben, phase, favor, favourite, fate, fame, fantasy, photographer, phenomenon, profession, fatal, bee, fancy, fairy, fabulous, emphasis, confession, confess, symphony, infant, beacon, beck, phantom, boon, eff, fab, fay, prophetic, fable, foyer, abandonment, buoy, nefarious, epiphany, profess, 127 more
through Proto-Germanic *bannaną ‘curse, forbid’
Today it means
verb To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / banish