Etymology

ex-con

Today it means: A former prisoner. Full definition →

English con ← Middle English connen ← Old English cunnan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinex
  4. Latinex-
  5. Middle Frenchex-
  6. Middle Englishex-
  7. Englishex-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥néh₃ti
  10. Proto-Germanic*kunnaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*kunnan
  12. Old Englishcunnan
  13. Middle Englishconnen
  14. Englishcon
  15. English todayex-con

From ex- + con.

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