Where does “unimprisonable” come from?
unimprisonable (English) comes from English imprisonable, from English imprison, from Middle English imprisonen, from Old French emprisonner, from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unimprisonable (English): Incapable of being imprisoned; Not punishable by...
Definitions
- Incapable of being imprisoned; Not punishable by...
Ancestry of “unimprisonable”, step by step
unimprisonable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English imprisonable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imprisonable | Capable of being imprisoned; The sentence for... |
| 2 | English | imprison | To put in or as if in prison; confine |
| 3 | Middle English | imprisonen | — |
| 4 | Old French | emprisonner | to imprison |
| 5 | Old French | prison | prison; prisoner |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |