prohibit
English
/pɹəˈhɪbɪt/, /pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Etymology
Derived from Latin prohibeo (prohibit, I fend off, prevent) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (take, grab, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰeh₁bʰ-
Gloss
take, grab, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonprohibitive English
- prohibitable English
- prohibiter English
- prohibiteth English
- prohibitin English
- prohibitive English
- prohibitively English
- prohibitiveness English
- prohibitory English
- reprohibit English
- unprohibitive English
- debitum Latin
- duo Latin
- dēbita Latin
- dēbitum Latin
- dēbēre Latin
- exhibitus Latin
- habeō Latin
- habilis Latin
- habilitās Latin
- habitus Latin
- inhibitus Latin
- prohibeo Latin
- devoir French
- *(s)kep- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- gafeluc Old English
- dout Middle English
- gabháil Irish
- devoir Old French
- doute Old French
- գօտի Old Armenian
- argaib Old Irish
- congaib Old Irish
- fo·gaib Old Irish
- foácaib Old Irish
- gabul Old Irish
- indocbál Old Irish
- turcbál Old Irish
- *gabaglā Proto-Celtic
- *gablā Proto-Celtic
- *gabyeti Proto-Celtic
- *wereti Proto-Celtic
- *habēō Proto-Italic