banal

Meaning

Adjective

• Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
• Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.

Origin

• , from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis ("subject to feudal authority"), from Latin bannus ("jurisdiction"), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną ("order, summon, forbid"). See also ban, abandon.