English
imprisonable
From imprison + -able.
A compound of imprison + -able
Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’
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Old French prison
Old French emprisonner ‘to imprison’
Middle English emprisonen
Middle English imprisonen
English imprison
Today it means
adj Capable of being imprisoned.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / imprisonable