ban1
/
ban/
v.
(bans, banning, banned)
officially or legally prohibit.
n.
an official or legal prohibition.
Etymology
OE bannan ‘summon by a public proclamation’, of Gmc origin; the noun is partly from OFr. ban ‘proclamation, summons, banishment’.
ban2
/
bɑːn/
n.
(pl. bani
/ˈbɑːni/
)
a monetary unit of Romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu.
Etymology
from Romanian.