The story
- Latin · derived fromculpa“blame”
- English todayculpa lata
From Latin culpa (“blame”) + lata, feminine form of latus (“extensive”).
Words from the same roots
Latinculpa all →
culpaculpa levisculpe
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
culpa lata
Today it means: Gross negligence. Full definition →
Latin culpa