Where does “zelfkritiek” come from?
zelfkritiek (Dutch) comes from Dutch kritiek, 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.
zelfkritiek (Dutch): self-criticism
Definitions
- self-criticism
Ancestry of “zelfkritiek”, step by step
zelfkritiek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kritiek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kritiek | critical; criticism; critique |
| 2 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 3 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus: ##... |
| 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 |