culpa etymology

Latin word culpa comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-

Detailed word origin of culpa

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kʷel- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷl̥p- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷolpā Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
culpa Latin (lat) Crime. Fault, defect.

Words with the same origin as culpa

Descendants of *kʷel-
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