Where does “fraudulent” come from?
Fraudulent comes from Middle English fraudulent, from Middle French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, formed from Latin fraus meaning deception or deceit combined with the Latin suffix -entus.
fraudulent (English): Dishonest; based on fraud or deception; False,...
Definitions
- Dishonest; based on fraud or deception; False,...
Ancestry of “fraudulent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fraudulent | Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud; Necrotic,... |
| 2 | Middle French | fraudulent | — |
| 3 | Latin | fraudulentus | deceitful, fraudulent; dishonest, false |
| 4 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 5 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 6 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 7 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |