fraud

/fˈɹɔːd/FRAWD
/fˈɹɔd/FRAWD

Meaningdeceit

Common meaning: criminal deception

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DHWAR‘rush forth, bend, fell, stupefy, deceive’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 173, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinfraus, fraudis‘deceit’
  3. Frenchfraude
  4. Middle Englishfraudesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsdeceit → criminal deceptionfraud‘criminal deception’ · today

fraud also in: fraudulent

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin fraus ‘deceit’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fraus, p. 778 · dictionary scan

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