Where does “censure” come from?
Censure comes from Middle English censure, from Latin censura, from Latin censo, from Proto-Italic kensēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱns-é-ti, ultimately from the root ḱem- meaning to scratch or cut.
censure (English): The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as...
Definitions
- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as...
Ancestry of “censure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | censure | — |
| 2 | Latin | censūra | — |
| 3 | Latin | censere | present active infinitive of cēnseō;... |
Words derived from “censure”