Etymology of the French word banal
the Old French word
banalderived from the Old French word
banderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bha-derived from the Frankish root
*banDate
The earliest known usage of banal in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
banaliser,
banalité,
banalementDerivations in other languages
English
banal, Romanian
banal, Spanish
banalCognates
Dutch
banaal, English
banal, German
banal, Italian
banale, Lithuanian
banalus, Norwegian
banal, Polish
banalny, Russian
бaнaльный, Swedish
banalUsage
Word found in Old French
