Where does “prisonerlike” come from?
prisonerlike (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.
prisonerlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a prisoner
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a prisoner
Ancestry of “prisonerlike”, step by step
prisonerlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prisoner
| 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 |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |