English
prisonization
From prison + -ization.
Formed from prison + -ization
Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’
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Latin prehēnsiō ‘an act of seizing’
Old French prison
Old English prisūn ‘prison’
Middle English prisoun ‘prison’
English prison
Today it means
noun The process of assimilation to the customs, social norms, etc. of a prison.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “prisonization”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / prisonization