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plagiary

Meaninga net

Common meaning: a writer who passes off borrowed text as their own

Journey through time

  1. Latinplaga‘a net’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsa net → a kidnapperplagiarius‘a kidnapper’source
  3. Frenchplagiairesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa kidnapper → a writer who passes off borrowed text as their ownplagiary‘a writer who passes off borrowed text as their own’ · today

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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin plaga ‘a net’.

Roots

  • plaga Latin “blow or wound”

Related words

plague

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