Question 1

Where does the French word "ban" come from?

Accepted Answer

from the Old Low Franconian ban ('law whose non-observance entails a penalty' see ban in Old French) related to Old High German ban ('command under threat of punishment, prohibition, jurisdiction and its domain'), to Old Norse ban ('prohibition, prohibition'), ban in English - all derived from the Germanic verb banną ('to speak publicly under the control of an authority', 'to command or prohibit under threat of punishment' see bannen in Germanic languages) going back to the Indo-European root bhā- ('to speak' see for and fandus 'to speak, permitted' in Latin, fabuler in French, hablar, 'to speak' in Spanish, etc.).

Question 2

What is the definition of the French word "ban"?

Accepted Answer

A proclamation to order or prohibit something.
Publication by posting on the town hall or place of worship of a promise of marriage between two people.
Convocation by the suzerain of the nobles to serve him in war, either in person or by a certain number of armed people, in proportion to the income and status of each fief.
The body of the nobility that could be thus summoned.
Exile imposed on someone by proclamation.
Communal territory.
Head of a banat, a type of region in southeastern Europe.
Banishment, generally by blocking an account.

Question 3

What is the plural of the French word "ban"?

Accepted Answer

bans, bani

Question 4

How to translate "ban" into italian?

Accepted Answer

bando

ban

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