Diensberg, Bernhard2017-08-242017-08-242010Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 46.1 (2010), pp. 7-160081-6272http://hdl.handle.net/10593/19123Modern English ban and related lexemes will be shown to have their origin in common with abandon, the latter of disputed etymology. This applies to a still greater extent to random, for the origin of which a plausible solution will be presented. A last paragraph is devoted to the etymology of Modern English PLAN.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessThe origin of "abandon" and "random"Artykuł