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Alibi

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a claim or piece of evidence that a person was elsewhere when an act occurred
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Stage 1 of 2
alibi
Latin · ancient
"elsewhere"
literally elsewhere, at another place
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Stage 2 of 2
alibi
English · 1700s
"a claim of being elsewhere when a crime occurred"
adopted directly as the legal claim of having been elsewhere during a crime
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