Where does “prisūn” come from?

prisūn (Old English) comes from Anglo-Norman prisun, from Old French prisoun, from Latin prehensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

prisūn (Old English): prison, jail

Definitions

  1. prison, jail

Ancestry of “prisūn”, step by step

prisūn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman prisun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-NormanprisunAlternative form of prison
2Old FrenchprisounAlternative form of prison
3Latinprehensiōan act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Old French prison

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchprisonprison; prisoner

Words derived from “prisūn

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-