English
forban
Forban comes from Middle English forbannen ‘to banish’, from Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘toward, forward’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-‘toward, forward’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fra-‘off, away’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off of"’reconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forbannen‘to banish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876forban
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-‘toward, forward’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fra-‘off, away’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off of"’reconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forbannen‘to banish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876forban
Earliest quotation: 1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil: “That lower down it constitutes correspondential phytostatics, or pressure…”
Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’
Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’
Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’
English for-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
…
Proto-Germanic *bannaną ‘to proclaim’
Proto-West Germanic *bannan ‘to proclaim’
Old English bannan ‘to summon, command, proclaim’
Middle English bannen ‘to summon’
English ban
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘toward, forward’
from, approach, purchase, protrude, 6 more
through Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’
through Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’
Today it means
verb To exile; banish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pro- / forban