disincarcerate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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-

English incarcerate

English disincarcerate

From dis- + incarcerate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

disincarcerate (third-person singular simple present disincarcerates, present participle disincarcerating, simple past and past participle disincarcerated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To liberate from prison.

Translations

liberate from prison

• Italian: scarcerare (it)
• Spanish: desincarcerar