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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|la|interdīcō|t=to forbid]], adapted after [[dire]];^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|4, 751b)^(Wiktionary) the religious sense comes from the Church Latin use “to forbid worship in a place or to a priest” (9th century).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The Latin verb is formed from [[m|la|inter-|t=between]] and [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]], Littré explains the sense from a legal use, “to invoke a law between parties”, hence “to forbid”.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)
+ It is [[bor|la|interdīcō|t=to forbid]], adapted after [[dire]];^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|4, 751b)^(Wiktionary) the religious sense comes from the Church Latin use “to forbid worship in a place or to a priest” (9th century).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The Latin verb is formed from [[m|la|inter-|t=between]] and [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]];^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) Littré explains the sense from a legal use, “to invoke a law between parties”, hence “to forbid”.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)
Old French had borrowed the verb in a more French form, [[m|fro|entredire]] “to place under an interdict” (1174).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) Compare [[pro|entredire]], [[es|entredecir]] and [[it|interdire]].^(Littré 1873)