Where does “arrière-ban” come from?
arrière-ban (French) comes from Old French arriereban, from Vulgar Latin ad retro, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
arrière-ban (French): An assembly of feudal lords
Definitions
- An assembly of feudal lords
Ancestry of “arrière-ban”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | arriereban | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | ad retro | to the rear |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |