Where does “emprisonment” come from?
emprisonment (English) comes from English emprison, from English prison, from Middle English prisoun, from Old English prisūn, from Anglo-Norman prisun, from Old French prisoun, from Latin prehensiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
emprisonment (English): Obsolete form of imprisonment
Definitions
- Obsolete form of imprisonment
Ancestry of “emprisonment”, step by step
emprisonment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emprison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emprison | Obsolete form of imprison |
| 2 | English | prison | A place or institution of confinement, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | prisoun | prison, jail, dungeon; imprisonment, captivity;... |
| 4 | Old English | prisūn | prison, jail |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | prisun | Alternative form of prison |
| 6 | Old French | prisoun | Alternative form of prison |
| 7 | Latin | prehensiō | an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |