The word comes from the same root as the French oublier, "to forget", as it was used for those prisoners the captors wished to forget. Īn oubliette (from the French oubliette, literally "forgotten place") was a form of dungeon which was accessible only from a hatch in a high ceiling. Donjon is therefore a false friend to "dungeon" (for instance, the game " Dungeons and Dragons" is titled "Donjons et Dragons" in its French editions. In French the term donjon still refers to a "keep", and the term oubliette is a more appropriate translation of English "dungeon". Though it is uncertain, both dungeon and donjon are thought to derive from the Middle Latin word dominio, meaning "lord" or "master". The first recorded instance of the word in English was near the beginning of the 14th century when it held the same meaning as donjon. The word "dungeon" comes from Old French donjon (also spelled dongeon), which in its earliest usage meant a keep, the main tower of a castle. The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom. The trees like torches blazed with light. They shaped and wrought, and light they caught
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