pedocriminal

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcrimen“crime”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcriminalis
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcriminal
4. Middle English · inherited fromcryminal
5. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιδοφῐ́λης
6. English todaypedocriminal

From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)), and from Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).

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