Where does “oubliette” come from?

oubliette (French) comes from French oublier, from Old French oblier, from Vulgar Latin *oblītāre, from Latin oblīvīscor — to forget.

oubliette (French): oubliette (type of dungeon)

Definitions

  1. oubliette (type of dungeon)

Ancestry of “oubliette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoublierto forget; to leave something behind by accident
2Old Frenchoblierto forget
3Vulgar Latin*oblītāre—
4Latinoblīvīscorto forget

Words derived from “oubliette”

Every word from Latin oblīvīscor →Every word from Vulgar Latin *oblītāre →Every word from Old French oblier →
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