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cernere
Latin · ancient
"to sift, to judge"
to sift, to judge
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crimen
Latin · ancient
"a judgment, an accusation"
a judgment, an accusation, from cernere
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Stage 3 of 4
crime
Old French · medieval
"an act punishable by law"
carried into French for an act punishable by law
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crime
English · 1200s
"an action that breaks the law"
settled as the English word for an action that breaks the law
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