preterintentional.
Additional to or beyond what was intended.
Meaning & usage
Additional to or beyond what was intended.
Of a crime: more serious than the lesser crime that the perpetrator intended to commit instead.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *praiteros Latin praeterbor. English preter- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin intendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin intentiō Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Medieval Latin -ālis Medieval Latin intentiōnālisbor. English intentional English preterintentional From preter- (prefix meaning ‘beyond’) + intentional (adjective). Later uses, especially sense 2 (“of a crime: more serious than the lesser crime that the perpetrator intended to commit instead”) are influenced by Portuguese preterintencional, Spanish preterintencional, etc.
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