Bane

Morpheme

Bane

Type

free base

Denotation

cause of misery, killer, slayer, murderer

Etymology

Middle English bane; Old English bana

Evidence

bane, baneberry, baneful, banewort, bugbane, cowbane, dogbane, fleabane, flybane, leopardsbane, oxbane, ratsbane, sowbane, wolfsbane