bannio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • bandiō

Etymology

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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

From the variant bandiō:

References

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