imprisonable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old French en-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti

Proto-Italic *hendō

Proto-Italic *praiɣendō

Latin prehendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin prehēnsiō

Old French prison

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -er

Old French emprisonnerbor.

Middle English emprisonen

Middle English imprisonen

English imprison

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English imprisonable

From imprison + -able.

Adjective

imprisonable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being imprisoned.
2. (law, of an offence) Carrying a sentence of imprisonment.

   Synonym: prisonable

   an imprisonable offence

Derived terms

• nonimprisonable
• unimprisonable