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- Latin · derived fromculpābilis“blameworthy”
- Old French · derived fromculpable
- Middle English · derived fromculpable
- English todayculpable
From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“a fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culprit.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.