Etymology

perdition

per·di·tion
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Today it means: Eternal damnation. Full definition →

Middle English perdicioun ← Old French perdiciun ← Late Latin perditio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromperdo“to destroy, to lose”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromperditio
  3. Old French · derived fromperdiciun
  4. Middle English · inherited fromperdicioun
  5. English todayperdition

From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“to destroy, to lose”).

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