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crime

KRYME · noun

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Origin

English took "crime" from Middle English cryme or crime, which came from Old French crime or crimne, itself from Latin crīmen.

Journey

As this borrowed word settled into English, it displaced the native Old English word firen, which had previously covered the same ground.

Related words

The facts don't support connecting it to any other English word beyond noting that it replaced firen.

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