mesprison

Old French

Etymology

mes- +‎ prison, where prison comes from Latin prehensiō (“action of taking”).

Noun

mesprison m, f

Descendants

English: misprision (borrowed)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mesprison)

mesprisun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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