Where does “nonprisoner” come from?
nonprisoner (English) comes from English prisoner, from Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier, from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nonprisoner (English): One who is not a prisoner
Definitions
- One who is not a prisoner
Ancestry of “nonprisoner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prisoner | A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial... |
| 2 | Middle English | prisoner | one who imprisons (others); a jailer |
| 3 | Old French | prisonier | prisoner |
| 4 | Old French | prison | prison; prisoner |
| 5 | Latin | prehensiō | an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |