Plagiary
/ˈpleɪdʒiˌɛri/noun
A plagiarist or something copied from another source without permission.
Did you know?In Latin, *plagiarius* could mean both a kidnapper and a literary thief, because Romans saw stealing words as a kind of intellectual abduction.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
πλάγιος (plágios)
“sideways, oblique, slanting”
Classical Latin
Latin
plagiārius
“a kidnapper or slave-stealer; later, a literary thief”
Late Latin
Latin
plagiārius
“someone who kidnaps or steals people; a plagiarist”
16th Century
English
plagiary
“a person who steals another's writings or ideas”
Modern English
English
plagiary
“a plagiarist or a plagiarized work”
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