Morpheme
Prison
Type
free base
Denotation
seize, apprehend, arrest, capture
Etymology
Middle English prisoun, prison; Old French prison; Latin prehensiōnem, from prehensiō, prehendere + -tiō
Evidence
disimprison, imprison, imprisonable, imprisoned, imprisoner, imprisoning, imprisonment, imprisons, prison, prisoner, prisoners, prisonhouse, prisons, reimprison, unimprison
Notes
<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
prison and prehension are doublets
