Where does “crimen” come from?
Crimen comes from Latin crimen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root krey-.
crimen (English): An impediment to marriage in the canon law of the...
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- An impediment to marriage in the canon law of the...
Ancestry of “crimen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | crīmen | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kreimen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kréymn̥ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |