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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: felo de se #119590 01/11/2004 7:48 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted felo de se wwh 01/11/2004 7:37 PM Re: felo de se jheem 01/11/2004 7:48 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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