prison
French
noun
Definitions
- prison
Etymology
Inherited from Old French prison inherited from Latin prehensiō (apprehend, capturing, capture, apprehending, arrest, action of taking, I seize, seizing, arresting).
Origin
Latin
prehensiō
Gloss
apprehend, capturing, capture, apprehending, arrest, action of taking, I seize, seizing, arresting
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiprison English
- cryoprison English
- disprison English
- emprison English
- enprison English
- nonprison English
- postprison English
- prison English
- prison bitch English
- prison guard English
- prisoner English
- prisonguard English
- prisonhouse English
- prisonless English
- prisonlike English
- prisonment English
- prisonous English
- stateprison English
- unprison English
- prehensiō Latin
- prehensiō, prehensio, prehensiōnem Latin
- prehensiō, prehensio, prehensiōnis Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prigione Italian
- prisonnier French
- préhension French
- aprisionar Spanish, Castilian
- prisionero Spanish, Castilian
- prisión Spanish, Castilian
- antiprisão Portuguese
- preensão Portuguese
- prisão Portuguese
- prisoun Middle English
- mesprison Old French
- prison Old French
- prisonier Old French
- presó Catalan, Valencian
- prisoen Middle Dutch
- prison Norman
- fro, prisun xno
- prisoun xno
- prisun xno
- prijhon Walloon
- prision Interlingua