Etymology

effranchisement

ef·franch·ise·ment
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Today it means: Synonym of enfranchisement (“(uncountable) the granting of privileges; (countable) an instance of this”). Full definition →

English effranchise ← Middle English ex- ← Middle French ex-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Middle Frenchex-
  7. Middle Englishex-
  8. Englishex-der.?
  9. Englishfranchiseder.?
  10. Englisheffranchise
  11. English todayeffranchisement

From effranchise (“(archaic) to grant (someone or something) a franchise or privilege”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns meaning the actions or results of actions denoted by the verbs to which it is attached).

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