bane

English

/beɪn/

noun
Definitions
  • A cause of misery or death.
  • (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
  • (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer.
  • (obsolete) Destruction; death.
  • A disease of sheep.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bane inherited from Old English bana inherited from Proto-Germanic *banô inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰon-on-, *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰen-

Gloss

kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殺

Emoji

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