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Transgress

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to go beyond the limits set by a law, command, or moral boundary
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Stage 1 of 2
transgredi
Latin · ancient
"to step across, to go beyond"
to step across, to go beyond, from trans- (across) and gradi (to step)
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Stage 2 of 2
transgress
English · 1400s
"to violate a law, command, or moral boundary"
settled as the English word for violating a law or moral boundary
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