English
house of detention
From house + of + detention.
A compound of house + of + detention
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs ‘dwelling’
Middle English hous ‘house’
English house
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
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Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of ‘from’
Middle English of
English of
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’
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Latin teneō ‘hold’
Latin dētineō ‘to hold or keep off or back, detain, check’
Latin detentio
Middle French détention
English detention
Today it means
noun A prison, especially a temporary one.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / house of detention