asylum.
A place of safety or refuge.
Meaning & usage
A place of safety or refuge.
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Ancient Greek σύλη (súlē) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἄσυλος (ásulos) Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Hellenic *-on Ancient Greek -ον (-on) Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon)bor. Latin asȳlumlbor. English asylum Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
to place in an asylum
to grant protection or refuge
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Ancient Greek σύλη (súlē) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἄσυλος (ásulos) Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Hellenic *-on Ancient Greek -ον (-on) Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon)bor. Latin asȳlumlbor. English asylum Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
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