Where does “stateprison” come from?
stateprison (English) comes 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, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
stateprison (English): A prison maintained by the state
Definitions
- A prison maintained by the state
Ancestry of “stateprison”, step by step
stateprison traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prison | A place or institution of confinement, especially... |
| 2 | Middle English | prisoun | prison, jail, dungeon; imprisonment, captivity;... |
| 3 | Old English | prisūn | prison, jail |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | prisun | Alternative form of prison |
| 5 | Old French | prisoun | Alternative form of prison |
| 6 | Latin | prehensiō | an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English State
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | State | A current governing polity; The current governing... |
| 2 | Middle English | stat | condition |
| 3 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 4 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 5 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |