The story
- Latin · derived fromcrīmen“crime”
- English todaycrimen injuria
From Latin crīmen (“crime”) + ablative form of iniūria (“injury”).
Words from the same roots
Latincrīmen all →
crimecriminalcrimenpedocriminal
First known use, by meaning
- from 20th c. In Roman-Dutch law, the unlawful and intentional impairment of someone's dignity (covering road rage, stalking, and various kinds of abuse).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.