Where does “criminate” come from?

criminate (English) comes from Latin criminatus, from Latin crīminor, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

criminate (English): To accuse of a crime; to incriminate; To rebuke...

Definitions

  1. To accuse of a crime; to incriminate; To rebuke...

Ancestry of “criminate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincriminatusaccused
2Latincrīminorto accuse, denounce, charge
3Latincrīmena judicial decision, verdict, or judgment
4Proto-Italickreimen—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréymn̥—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “criminate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic kreimen →