Where does “mesprison” come from?
mesprison (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.
mesprison (Old French): error, mistake; injustice; unjust or barbaric...
Definitions
- error, mistake; injustice; unjust or barbaric...
Ancestry of “mesprison”, step by step
mesprison traces back through two 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 mespris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | mespris | — |
| 2 | Old French | mesprendre | To misunderstand |
| 3 | Old French | prendre | to take |
| 4 | Latin | prendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | prehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |