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Convict

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to declare someone guilty of a criminal offense following a trial
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Stage 1 of 2
convictus
Latin · ancient
"proven guilty"
proven guilty, from com- (thoroughly) and vincere (to conquer, to overcome)
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Stage 2 of 2
convict
English · 1300s
"to declare someone guilty of a crime"
settled as the English word for declaring someone guilty of a crime
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