Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Frankish *bannijan (proclaim, order, summon, ban). Early attestations include the Lex Ribuaria and Fredegarius.[1]

The form with /d/ shows contamination with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, signal).[2]

Verb

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banniō (present infinitive bannīre, perfect active bannīvī, supine bannītum); fourth conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to summon
  2. to require, compel
  3. to order
  4. to confirm
  5. to ban
  6. to banish, excommunicate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: bannire (archaic)
  • Old French: banir (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: vannijari (bannio + -idiare)

From the variant bandiō:

References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “bannire”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 80
  2. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “bandir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 487