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Felony

2 stages from Anglo-French to English.

Today it means a serious crime, typically one punishable by a lengthy prison sentence
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Stage 1 of 2
fellonia
Anglo-French · medieval
"wickedness, a serious crime"
wickedness, a serious crime, possibly related to a word for a traitor
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Stage 2 of 2
felony
English · 1300s
"a serious criminal offense"
settled as the English word for a serious criminal offense
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