Etymology

denizen

den·i·zen
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Today it means: An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place. Full definition →

Middle English denisein ← Old French denzein ← Late Latin dē intus
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromdē intus“from within”
  2. Old French · derived fromdenzein
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdenisein
  4. English todaydenizen

From Middle English denisein, from Old French denzein, from deinz (“within”) + -ein, from Late Latin dē intus (“from within”), whence French dans.

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