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What is the origin of the phrase 'mea culpa'?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Latin Is the origin, it meaning blame me, my fault. A bit like saying what is the origin of the English 'my fault' though that would have more of an origin what with English being a newer language. I guess, ultimately, everything goes back to 'UG' ; unless your suggesting that it was a Latin catchphrase chanted in Forums or something like 'Romanes Eunt Domus!'.
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Not one of the earlier questions about 'mea culpa' asked about its origin. In fact, it ORIGINATED as a phrase in the prayer of confession in the Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. The individual words are, of course, Latin, but - as a recognised phrase - it first appeared within an English context in the 13th century. Is that what you were looking for Shimshon?