Where does “banish” come from?
Banish comes from Middle English banysshen, from Old English bannan, from Old Norse banna, from Proto-Germanic bannaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
banish (English): To send someone away and forbid that person from...
Definitions
- To send someone away and forbid that person from...
Ancestry of “banish”, step by step
banish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English banishen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | banishen | To condemn, to outlaw by authority |
| 2 | Old French | baniss- | — |
| 3 | Old French | banir | to proclaim, ban, banish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |