Compare also derivation in Germanic and Romance languages. English give – forgive from Old English forgiefan 'give, grant, allow; remit (a debt), pardon (an offense)'; from for-, here probably 'completely' + giefan 'to give'. The sense of 'to give up desire or power to punish' (late Old English) is from use of such a compound as a Germanic loan-translation of Vulgar Latin *perdonare (Old Saxon fargeban, Dutch vergeven, German vergeben 'to forgive', Gothic fragiban 'to grant') (Harper's Etymonline) French donner – pardonner from Old French pardoner, from Vulgar Latin *perdonō, from Latin per- + donō, a calque of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban ('to forgive, give up completely'), from *fir- + *geban. Also Italian donare ‘to give’ – perdonare, Spanish donar ‘to grant’ – perdonar, Portuguese doar ‘to grant’ – perdoar.