Where does “envirocrime” come from?
envirocrime (English) comes from English enviro, from English environmentalist, from English environmental, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول — kohl, antimony paste.
envirocrime (English): Criminal activity, such as pollution, that harms the environment
Definitions
- Criminal activity, such as pollution, that harms the environment
Ancestry of “envirocrime”, step by step
envirocrime traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enviro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enviro | An ecofreak |
| 2 | English | environmentalist | One who holds the view that environment, rather... |
| 3 | English | environmental | Pertaining to the environment |
| 4 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 5 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 6 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 7 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 8 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 9 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 10 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 11 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English crime
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crime | A specific act committed in violation of the law;... |
| 2 | Middle English | cryme | A criminal action or decision; that which is... |
| 3 | Old French | crime | — |
| 4 | Latin | crīmen | a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kreimen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kréymn̥ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |