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Where does “criminellement” come from?

criminellement (French) comes from French criminel, from Old French criminal, from Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

criminellement (French): criminally

Definitions

  1. criminally

Ancestry of “criminellement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcriminelcriminal
2Old Frenchcriminalcriminal; illegal; against the law
3Latincrīminālis—
4Latincrīmen—
5Proto-Italickreimen—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankréymn̥—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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