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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/verpönen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
verpönen
Friedrich Kluge2568733An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verpönen1891John Francis Davis

verpönen, vb., ‘to forbid (under penalties), proscribe,’ ModHG. only, from Lat. poena (whence also Pein).