crime

French

noun
Definitions
  • A category of severe infractions within French law, with the strongest of penalties; a felony. (10 years and more according to law)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French crimne borrowed from Latin crīmen (crime, verdict, adultery) derived from Proto-Italic *kreimen derived from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥, *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

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*krey-

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separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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