Etymology

felonous

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Today it means: Evil, wicked. Full definition →

Middle English felenous(e), felenows, fellenouse, felonous(e), felonows(e), felonus ← Old French feloneus
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  1. Old French · derived fromfeloneus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfelenous(e), felenows, fellenouse, felonous(e), felonows(e), felonus
  3. English todayfelonous

From Middle English felenous(e), felenows, fellenouse, felonous(e), felonows(e), felonus, from Old French feloneus. By surface analysis, felon (“an evil or wicked person”) + -ous.

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