Etymology

prisoner

pri·son·er
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Today it means: A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence. Full definition →

Middle English prisoner ← Old French prisonier
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  1. Old French · derived fromprisonier
  2. Middle English · inherited fromprisoner
  3. English todayprisoner

From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.

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