Forbid
/fərˈbɪd/noun
To order someone not to do something; to prohibit.
Did you know?The Old English forbeodan literally meant “to prohibit,” built from for- (“completely”) + beodan (“to command, proclaim”), so the word originally carried the force of a public command, not just a private no.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰewdʰ-
“to announce, command, make known”
Old English
OE
forbeodan
“to prohibit, forbid, prevent”
Middle English
ME
forbeden
“to prohibit, order against”
Modern English
English
forbid
“to order someone not to do something”