Where does “criminal” come from?
criminal (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
criminal (Anglo-Norman): criminal; illegal; against the law
Definitions
- criminal; illegal; against the law
Ancestry of “criminal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | crīminālis | criminal |
| 2 | Latin | crīmen | a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kreimen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kréymn̥ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
Words derived from “criminal”
- criminal
- criminology
- criminally
- criminalization
- criminological
- criminalize
- criminologist
- criminalisation
- criminogenic
- noncriminal
- decriminalization
- criminalise
- criminalist
- criminalistic
- overcriminalization
- biocriminology
- cybercriminal
- decriminalise
- criminologically
- archcriminal
- anticriminal
- quasicriminal
- recriminalization
- biocriminological