Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) Words from medicine felo de se
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
You're right. According to Cecil Adams, it's a Latin legal phrase: see <A HREF="http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_139.html" target="_new">http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_139.html</A>. It seems more like French phrase. Our <i>felon</i> is probably of Germanic origin, via Anglo-Norman.
Yup, just looked <i>felo-de-se</i> up in the OED. It's described as Anglo-Latin.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted felo de se wwh 01/11/04 07:37 PM Re: felo de se jheem 01/11/04 07:48 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,374Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 162 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 26
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,562tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,919Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org