Etymology

orison

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Today it means: A prayer. Full definition →

Middle English orisoun ← Anglo-Norman oreison ← Old French oraisun
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromōrātiō, ōrātiōnem“discourse, prayer”
  2. Old French · derived fromoraisun
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromoreison
  4. Middle English · inherited fromorisoun
  5. English todayorison

From Middle English orisoun, from Anglo-Norman oreison, oresoun etc. and Old French oraisun etc., from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem (“discourse, prayer”) (whence also English oration).

Words from the same roots

Latinōrātiō, ōrātiōnem all →

oration

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