It comes from a Latin word 'redemptionem' meaning to redeem. Adopted into early French as 'raenson' and into English in the 13th Century as 'ransom'
Etymology means the study of the origin of words.
Ransom \r(a)-nsom, ran-som\ as a boy's name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Ransom is "warrior's shield". Also possibly "shield's son" or a variant of Randolph. Used as first name mainly in the late Victorian era.Some famous Ransoms include Ransom Eli Olds, creator of the REO Speedwagon (a car from which the band got its name); Ransom Riggs, author of the best-selling novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children; the fictional Elwin Ransom, who is usually called just Ransom throughout C. S. Lewis's space trilogy, and the fictional Ransom Stoddard, played by James Stewart in John Ford's flick "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
"Junk" comes from the 15th century word, "Jonke". Its origin is unkown.
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The origin of this word is Latin - from Opulentus
Randsome is not a word but ransom is. Ransom means an amount of money that is demanded for the return of something or someone important.
"Unfortunately, the young woman had been kidnapped and was being held for ransom."
Money demanded for the return of a captured person. The women got a RANSOM note for $100,000,000
the origin is where the word came from but the specific origin of the word ballot is latin root word.
The word "origin" is derived from the French word "origin" and the Latin word "originem," both of which mean, beginning, descent, birth, and rise.
where was the word colonel origin
The word the should be capitalized too. It should be ---- Have you ever read The Ransom of Red Chief?
The origin of the word data is Latin ....
the origin of the word bucket is bu-cket
The origin of the word 'Snog' or 'Snogging' is England :)
In "Huckleberry Finn," the humor in the use of the word "ransom" is derived from the irony that Jim, who believes he is a valuable hostage to be ransomed, is actually a free man all along. This irony adds a satirical element to the story, highlighting the absurdity of slavery and society's perception of value.
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