Where does “emprisonner” come from?

emprisonner (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.

emprisonner (Old French): to imprison

Definitions

to imprison

Ancestry of “emprisonner”, step by step

emprisonner 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 en

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	en	in; inside; on; upon; in
2	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
3	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4	Proto-Italic	en	in
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Old French er

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	er	—

Words derived from “emprisonner”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →