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Where does “antifraudulent” come from?

antifraudulent (English) comes from English fraudulent, from Middle English fraudulent, from Middle French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor — blood outside the body.

antifraudulent (English): Acting against fraud

Definitions

  1. Acting against fraud

Ancestry of “antifraudulent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfraudulentDishonest; based on fraud or deception; False,...
2Middle EnglishfraudulentDishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud; Necrotic,...
3Middle Frenchfraudulent—
4Latinfraudulentusdeceitful, fraudulent; dishonest, false
5Latin-ulentusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
6Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
7Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
8Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
9Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body
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