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Where does “felonious” come from?

Felonious derives from Middle English felonie, from Old French felonie, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ through Latin -osus and -ia and Ancient Greek -ία.

felonious (English): Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of...

Ancestry of “felonious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfelonyA serious criminal offense, which, under United...
2Middle Englishfelony—
3Old Frenchfelonieevil; immoral acts or deeds
4Old Frenchfelonevildoer; wrongdoer; immoral person; bastard;...
5Medieval LatinfelloI suck; I fellate, perform fellatio, suck off;...
6Frankishfellōevildoer; wicked person
7Proto-Germanicfillô—
8Proto-Germanicfaluzterrible; cruel; bad
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpol-to pour, flow, float, fly, swim, flee; to pour,...

Words derived from “felonious”

  • feloniously
  • feloniousness
  • infelonious
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