Where does “kritisch” come from?
kritisch (Dutch) comes from German kritisch, from French critique, from New Latin critica, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō — to sift, separate, divide.
kritisch (Dutch): critical
Ancestry of “kritisch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | kritisch | critical |
| 2 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 3 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus:
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| 4 | Latin | criticus | critical, decisive; a critic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κριτικός | Able to judge, discerning, critical; critic,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |