Where does “offence to be taken into consideration” come from?
offence to be taken into consideration (English) comes from English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offēnsā, from Latin offenso, from Latin offendō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
offence to be taken into consideration (English): An additional criminal offence which a defendant agrees to admit to following their conviction, which is formally taken into account when they are sentenced, but with a lesser weight than a full conviction
Definitions
- An additional criminal offence which a defendant agrees to admit to following their conviction, which is formally taken into account when they are sentenced, but with a lesser weight than a full conviction
Ancestry of “offence to be taken into consideration”, step by step
offence to be taken into consideration traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English offence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | offence | Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada... |
| 2 | Old French | offense | — |
| 3 | Latin | offēnsā | offense, violation of law |
| 4 | Latin | offenso | I strike or dash against; I falter, stumble over... |
| 5 | Latin | offendō | to hit, thrust, strike against something |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via English [[be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | [[be | — |
via English [[take into consideration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | [[take into consideration | — |