felon
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English felun, feloun, from Anglo-Norman felun (“traitor, wretch”), from Old Low Franconian *felo ("wicked person"), from Proto-Germanic *fillô, *filjô (“flayer, whipper, scoundrel”), from Proto-Germanic *faliz, *felaz (“cruel, evil”) (compare English fell (“fierce”), Middle High German vālant (“imp”)), related to *fellanan (compare Dutch villen, German fillen (“to whip, beat”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pelhₐ (“to stir, move, swing”) (compare Old Irish adellaim 'I seek', diellaim 'I yield', Umbrian pelsatu 'to overcome, conquer', Latin pellere (“to drive, beat”), Latvian lijuôs, plītiês (“to force, impose”), Ancient Greek πέλας (pélas, “near”), πίλναμαι (pílnamai, “I approach”), Old Armenian հալածեմ (halacem, “I pursue”).
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[edit] Noun
felon (plural felons)
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[edit] References
- felon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Old French
[edit] Etymology
From Frankish, see above
[edit] Noun
felon m. (oblique plural felons, nominative singular felons, nominative plural felon)
[edit] Adjective
felon m. (feminine felone)