prison
Old French
noun
Definitions
- prison
Etymology
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
- prison English
- prehensiō Latin
- prehensiō, prehensio, prehensiōnem Latin
- prehensiō, prehensio, prehensiōnis Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prigione Italian
- sprigionare Italian
- prisoen Dutch, Flemish
- prison French
- prisonnier French
- préhension French
- *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- preensão Portuguese
- prisão Portuguese
- prisoner Middle English
- prisoun Middle English
- mesprison Old French
- prisonier Old French
- prisoniere Old French
- presó Catalan, Valencian
- prisoen Middle Dutch
- prison Norman
- prisonnyi Norman
- prísún Middle Irish
- prísúnach Middle Irish
- fro, prisun xno
- prisoun xno
- prisun xno
- prijhon Walloon
- prejone Sardinian