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periurium
Latin · ancient
"a false oath"
a false oath, from per- (thoroughly, wrongly) and iurare (to swear)
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perjurie
Old French · medieval
"lying under oath"
carried into French legal vocabulary for lying under oath
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perjury
English · 1400s
"the act of lying while under oath"
settled as the English word for lying while under legal oath
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