The story
- Latin · derived fromconvictus
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromconvicter
- Middle English · inherited fromconvicten
- English todayconvict
From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Doublet of convince. Displaced native Old English forwyrċan (“to convict, condemn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.