Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·latin ·1880s
Mea culpa
from mea culpa
- Meaning
- Through my fault — Latin Catholic confessional formula.
- Source word
- mea culpa
- Route into English
- Latin liturgy → English religious vocabulary → general English apology register by 1900.
- Arrived
- 1880s
English borrows.
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