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Mea culpa

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an acknowledgment of one's own mistake or fault
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Stage 1 of 2
mea culpa
Latin · ancient
"through my fault"
through my fault, from meus (my) and culpa (fault, blame)
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Stage 2 of 2
mea culpa
English · 1300s
"an acknowledgment of one's own fault or error"
adopted directly into English from a line in the Latin confession of sin
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