Where does “mediakritiikki” come from?
mediakritiikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kritiikki, from Swedish kritik, from French critique, from New Latin critica, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.
mediakritiikki (Finnish): media criticism
Definitions
- media criticism
Ancestry of “mediakritiikki”, step by step
mediakritiikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kritiikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kritiikki | criticism |
| 2 | Swedish | kritik | criticism |
| 3 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 4 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus: ##... |
| 5 | Latin | criticus | critical, decisive; a critic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κριτικός | Able to judge, discerning, critical; critic,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
via Finnish media
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | media | media |
| 2 | English | Media | The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue |
| 3 | Latin | Mēdia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μηδία | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |