Do you speak a little French when you say 'blame'?

'Blame' is a word borrowed from French 'blamer'. The word entered the English language some time around the 13th century.

blame [verb] [13th century]

• to find fault with
• censure
• to hold responsible
• to place responsibility for

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Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French 'blamer, blasmer' from Late Latin 'blasphemare' to blaspheme, from Greek 'blasphēmein'

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