Etymology

aberemurder

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Today it means: premeditated murder Full definition →

Old English ǣbǣre morþ
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  1. Old English · derived fromǣbǣre morþ
  2. English todayaberemurder

From Old English ǣbǣre morþ, from ǣbēr (“open, blatant”) + morþ (“murder”). The second element was assimilated to English murder.

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