From Middle English forbannen, partly from Middle English for- + bannen, equivalent to ; and partly from Old French forbenir. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferbonne, West Frisian ferbanne, Dutch verbannen, German Low German verbannen, German verbannen, Swedish förbanna.
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