Banishable
/ˈbænɪʃəbəl/noun
Able or liable to be banished or expelled from a place or community.
Did you know?To banish originally involved a formal public proclamation: exclusion was not merely personal rejection, but a sentence announced with communal authority.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*bannaną
“To command, proclaim, or summon under authority”
Old English
Old English
bannan
“To command, proclaim, or forbid”
12th Century
Old French
banir
“To proclaim someone excluded or drive them into exile”
14th Century
Middle English
banishen
“To expel or send away from a country or community”
16th Century
English
banishable
“Able to be banished; formed from banish plus the suffix -able”
Modern English
English
banishable
“Capable of being expelled, excluded, or sent into exile”
Explore more surprising origins