ban

French

noun
Definitions
  • (dated) public declaration
  • (dated) announcement of a marriage; banns
  • (East of France) territory

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ban (public declaration) derived from Frankish *ban.

Origin

Frankish

*ban

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