besetment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English beset

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English besetment

From beset + -ment.

Noun

besetment (countable and uncountable, plural besetments)

1. The state of being beset.

   A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape.