Where does “anprisoner” come from?
anprisoner (Old French) comes from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
anprisoner (Old French): to imprison
Definitions
- to imprison
Ancestry of “anprisoner”, step by step
anprisoner traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French prison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | prison | prison; prisoner |
| 2 | Latin | prehensiō | an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old French an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | an | year |
| 2 | Latin | annus | year; time; season |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | atnos | year |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et-no- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et- | grass |
via Old French er
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | er | — |