Etymology

imprisonable

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Today it means: Capable of being imprisoned. Full definition →

English imprison ← Middle English imprisonen ← Old French emprisonner
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  9. Proto-Italic*prai
  10. Proto-Italic*prai-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʰnédti
  13. Proto-Italic*hendō
  14. Proto-Italic*praiɣendō
  15. Latinprehendō
  16. Latinprehēnsiō
  17. Old Frenchprison
  18. Old Frenchemprisonner
  19. Middle Englishemprisonen
  20. Middle Englishimprisonen
  21. Englishimprison
  22. English todayimprisonable

From imprison + -able.

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