| 1 | Middle French | critique | — |
| 2 | Latin | criticus | critical, decisive; a critic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κριτικός | Able to judge, discerning, critical; critic,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |