Proto-Germanic
*bannaną
‘to proclaim, command’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *bannaną.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *bannaną, most familiar first.
- ban ← bannen ← bannan ← *bannan
- abandon ← abandounen ← abandoner ← bandon ← bannum
- abandonment ← abandonnement ← abandonner ← abandoner ← doner
- banish ← banishen ← banir
- contrabandista ← contrabando ← contrabando ← bando ← *bannan
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *bannaną