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Where does “unconfinement” come from?

unconfinement (English) comes from English confinement, from French confinement, from French -ment, from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

unconfinement (English): The condition of being unconfined

Definitions

  1. The condition of being unconfined

Ancestry of “unconfinement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconfinementThe act of confining or the state of being...
2Frenchconfinementconfinement; act of quarantining, of putting into...
3French-mentUsed to form adverbs , most of the time...
4Middle French-mentUsed to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...
5Old French-mentUsed to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...
6Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
7Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
8Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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