Where does “sprigionare” come from?
sprigionare (Italian) comes from Italian prigione, from Italian priscione, from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
sprigionare (Italian): to emit, give off; to release; to unleash
Definitions
- to emit, give off; to release; to unleash
Ancestry of “sprigionare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | prigione | jail, prison; cooler; imprisonment,... |
| 2 | Italian | priscione | Obsolete form of prigione |
| 3 | Old French | prison | prison; prisoner |
| 4 | Latin | prehensiō | an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |