confine

The story

1. Latin · derived fromconfinium
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromconfines
3. Middle French · borrowed fromconfiner
4. English todayconfine

From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.

First known use, by meaning

• 16th–19th c. To have a common boundary with; to border on.
• from 17th c. To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.