English
prohibit
Prohibit comes from Latin prohibeō ‘to fend off, prevent, prohibit’, and goes back to habeō ‘to have’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabeō‘to have’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprohibeō‘to fend off, prevent, prohibit’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500prohibiten
- Englishearliest quotation 2013prohibit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabeō‘to have’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprohibeō‘to fend off, prevent, prohibit’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500prohibiten
- Englishearliest quotation 2013prohibit
Earliest quotation: 2013, Ed Pilkington, ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told: “In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, to take’
doubt, habitat, endeavor, dubious, javelin, gab, habitual, aver, 25 more
through Latin habeō ‘to have’
able, due, average, ability, habit, exhibition, debit, inhibition, inhibit, haver, debenture, habilitation, 22 more
Today it means
verb To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin habeō / prohibit