mesprison
Old French
noun
Definitions
- error, mistake
- injustice
- unjust or barbaric treatment
Etymology
Prefix from Old French prison derived 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
- prehensiō Latin
- prehensiō, prehensio, prehensiōnem Latin
- prehensiō, prehensio, prehensiōnis Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prigione Italian
- prison French
- préhension French
- preensão Portuguese
- prisoun Middle English
- prison Old French
- prisonier Old French
- presó Catalan, Valencian
- prisoen Middle Dutch
- prison Norman
- fro, prisun xno
- prisoun xno
- prisun xno
- prijhon Walloon