English
funishment
Blend of fun + punishment.
A blend of fun + punishment
Middle English fonne ‘foolish, simple, silly’
English fun
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pay’
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Latin pūniō ‘to punish’
Old French punir ‘to punish’
Old French punissement
Middle English punishement
English punishment
Today it means
noun A proposed treatment of criminals that would take them out of wider society (like a traditional prison) but without aiming to punish them.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / funishment