disenfranchisement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English dis-

English dis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old French en-

Proto-Germanic *frankô

Frankish *Frankōbor.

Latin francus

Old French franc

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īreder.

Old French -ir

Old French franchir

Old French enfranchirder.

Anglo-Norman enfrauncherder.

Middle English enfraunchisen

English enfranchise

English disenfranchise

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English disenfranchisement

From disenfranchise + -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɛnˈfɹæn(t)ʃɪzm(ə)nt/, /-ɪn-/, /-ˈfɹɑːn-/, /-ˌt͡ʃaɪz-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsənˈfɹænˌt͡ʃaɪzm(ə)nt/, /-ɪn-/, /-t͡ʃɪz-/

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• Rhymes: -æntʃɪzmənt, -æntʃaɪzmənt
• Hyphenation: dis‧en‧franch‧ise‧ment

Noun

disenfranchisement (countable and uncountable, plural disenfranchisements)

1. Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote (suffrage), to a person or group of people.

Translations

explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 褫奪公權 / 褫夺公权 (chǐduó gōngquán)

• Dutch: Ontzetting uit een recht m, Ontneming van het kiesrecht
• German: Wahlrechtsausschluss m, Wahlrechtsentzug m
• Portuguese: sufrágio restrito m