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

  1. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as...

Ancestry of “censure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcensure
2LatincensūraThe office of a censor; censorship
3Latincenserepresent active infinitive of cēnseō;...

Words derived from “censure

Every word from Latin censere
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