Kerker.
dungeon (immured and very austere prison, often underground)
Meaning & usage
dungeon (immured and very austere prison, often underground)
an aggravated form of prison
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Latin carcer Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin carcerārius Vulgar Latin *carcāriusbor. Proto-West Germanic *karkārī Old High German karkāri Middle High German kerker German Kerker From Middle High German kerker, kerkære, karkære, from Old High German karkāri, karkari, karkeri, from Proto-West Germanic *karkarī, ultimately from Latin carcer. Doublet of Karzer (“arrest cell, especially at a university”), a later borrowing of the same noun.
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