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Where does “plagiary” come from?

plagiary (English) comes from Latin plagiāre.

plagiary (English): A plagiarist; A kidnapper; The crime of literary...

Definitions

  1. A plagiarist; A kidnapper; The crime of literary...

Ancestry of “plagiary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplagiāre—

Words derived from “plagiary”

  • plagiarism
  • plagiarist
  • plagiaristic
  • antiplagiarism
  • cyberplagiarism
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