Where does “culpe” come from?

culpe (English) comes from French coulpe, from Middle French coulpe, from Old French coupe, from Latin culpa, from Proto-Italic kʷolpā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷolp-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

culpe (English): blameworthiness

Definitions

  1. blameworthiness

Ancestry of “culpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoulpeguilt
2Middle Frenchcoulpefault; responsibility
3Old Frenchcoupe—
4Latinculpafault, defect; blame, guilt; crime
5Proto-Italickʷolpāmistake; fault
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷolp-eh₂bend, turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelp-to bend; to curve, arch
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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