köken: From Middle High German (ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse (“capture, captivity”), since 15th century for the place of the captivity, equivalent to gefangen (“caught”) + -nis. More at fangen (“to catch”). Cognate with Dutch gevangenis.
köken: From Middle French cabane (14th c.), from Old Occitan cabana, from Late Latin capanna, which see. Doublet of cabine. Perhaps also related with cahute.
köken: First attested in a medieval Turkic language in the 11th century by Mahmud al-Kashgari. Appears to have spread to modern languages via Literary Chagatai. Alternatively, may have been borrowed from or mediated by the Russian тюрьма́ (tjurʹmá). Note, however, that the etymology of the latter is disputed between Turkic and Germanic. Cognate with Kazakh түрме (türme), Kyrgyz түрмө (türmö), Southern…
köken: Appears to be a coinage in Japan as a replacement for the Chinese-derived term 監獄 (kangoku, “prison, jail”). Analyzable as a compound of 刑(けい) (kei, “penance, penalty”) + 務(む) (mu, “work; something that must be done”) + 所(しょ) (-sho, “place”). Attested in the 現代用語辞典 (Gendai Yōgo Jiten, “Modern Term Dictionary”) of 1925.
From Vulgar Latin *tragella or *tragenella, from trahō (“to bring”): compare tralla (“rope; whip”), from Latin trāgula. Compare also Portuguese trena and Spanish trena.