prísún
Middle Irish
noun
Definitions
- prison
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English prisoun derived from fro, prisun 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
- prison English
- prehensiō Latin
- préhension French
- preensão Portuguese
- prisoun Middle English
- príosún Irish
- príosúnach Irish
- mesprison Old French
- prison Old French
- presó Catalan, Valencian
- prìosanach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- pryssoon Manx
- pryssoonagh Manx
- pryssoonee Manx
- prísúnach Middle Irish
- fro, prisun xno
- prisoun xno
- prisun xno