Etymology

confinement

con·fine·ment
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Today it means: The act of confining or the state of being confined. Full definition →

French confinement
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  1. French · borrowed fromconfinement
  2. English todayconfinement

Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.

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