bane

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /beɪn/
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* As an English surname, from the archaic noun bane (“murderer”). * As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Bain. * As a French surname, from the noun banne (“wicker basket”).

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *banô Proto-West Germanic *banō Old English bana Middle English bane English bane The noun is derived from Middle English bane (“person or thing that destroys life, murderer, slayer; person who destroys the soul; destruction of life, death, doom; poison”), from Old English bana (“person or thing that causes death, murderer”), from Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô (“killer, murderer, slayer; death, bane”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gwhen- (“to slay, kill; to strike”). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja, “wound”) * Old Frisian bona (“death; murder”) * Old Norse bani (Danish bane (“death; murder”), Icelandic bani (“bane, death”), Swedish bane (“death; murder”)), Old Norse ben (“(moral) wound”) * Old English ben, benn (“mortal injury; wound”) * Old High German bano (“death”) (Middle High German ban, bane) * Old Saxon bano (“death; murder”), beni (“mortal injury; wound”)

From Northern Middle English ban, from bon (“bone”), from Old English bān, from Proto-West Germanic *bain (“bone; leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone; leg”), from *bainaz (“straight”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- (“to glow, shine”) (in the sense of a straight beam of light), or *bheyh2- (“to hit, strike”) (in the sense of an object for striking), or *bheyH-n- (“pole; straight line”).

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: напаст (napast) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Bulgarian: зло (zlo) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Catalan: desgràcia — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Catalan: flagell — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Czech: prokletí — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Czech: trápení — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Danish: bane — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Dutch: verderf — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Finnish: kirous — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Finnish: maanvaiva — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Finnish: riesa — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Finnish: vitsaus — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• French: calamité — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• French: cauchemar — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• French: drame — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• French: fléau — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Galician: azoute — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Galician: desgraza — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Galician: flaxelo — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• German: Ruin — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• German: Verderben — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Ancient Greek: δήλημα (dḗlēma) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Ancient Greek: ὄλεθρος (ólethros) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Hungarian: csapás — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Hungarian: rontás — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Irish: urbhaidh — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Italian: disgrazia — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Italian: flagello — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Italian: piaga — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Italian: rovina — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Italian: sventura — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Macedonian: на́паст (nápast) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Macedonian: про́клетство (prókletstvo) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Macedonian: зло (zlo) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Norwegian Bokmål: bane — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Persian: یمان (yamân) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Portuguese: desgraça — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Portuguese: desventura — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Portuguese: flagelo — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Portuguese: maldição — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Portuguese: perdição — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Portuguese: ruína — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Russian: бич (bič) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Russian: ги́бель (gíbelʹ) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Russian: напа́сть (napástʹ) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Russian: прокля́тие (prokljátije) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Russian: зло (zlo) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Spanish: desgracia — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Spanish: maldición — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Spanish: ruina — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Spanish: perdición — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Spanish: quebranto — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Swedish: bane — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Turkish: felaket — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Turkish: yıkım — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Ukrainian: напасть (napastʹ) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Ukrainian: прокляття (prokljattja) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Ukrainian: загибель (zahybelʹ) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Ukrainian: зло (zlo) — cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship
• Dutch: ruïneren — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Dutch: verderven — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Finnish: tärvellä — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Finnish: vaivata — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• German: ruinieren — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Norwegian Bokmål: bane — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Portuguese: arruinar — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Portuguese: maldizer — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Spanish: arruinar — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)
• Spanish: maldecir — to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone)