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Where does “rançonnage” come from?

rançonnage (French) comes from French rançonner, from Middle French rançonner, from Old French raençonner, from Old French raençon, from Latin redemptio, from Latin redimō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.

rançonnage (French): ransoming

Definitions

  1. ransoming

Ancestry of “rançonnage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrançonnerto ransom
2Middle Frenchrançonner—
3Old Frenchraençonner—
4Old Frenchraençonfee paid to release someone from prison or...
5Latinredemptioredemption, redeeming
6Latinredimō—
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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