Etymology

disenfranchise

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Today it means: To deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote. Full definition →

English enfranchise ← Middle English enfraunchisen ← Anglo-Norman enfrauncher
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  11. Proto-Italic*en
  12. Proto-Italic*en-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Old Frenchen-
  15. Proto-Germanic*frankô
  16. Frankish*Frankō
  17. Latinfrancus
  18. Old Frenchfranc
  19. Old Frenchfranchir
  20. Old Frenchenfranchir
  21. Anglo-Normanenfrauncher
  22. Middle Englishenfraunchisen
  23. Englishenfranchise
  24. English todaydisenfranchise

From dis- + enfranchise.

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