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Where does “supercritique” come from?

supercritique (French) comes from French critique, from New Latin critica, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti — to sift, separate, divide.

supercritique (French): supercritical

Definitions

  1. supercritical

Ancestry of “supercritique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcritiquecritical; judgemental; criticism
2New Latincriticacritique; inflection of criticus: ##...
3Latincriticuscritical, decisive; a critic
4Ancient GreekκριτικόςAble to judge, discerning, critical; critic,...
5Ancient Greekκρίσιςdecision, determination, judgment; trial,...
6Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
7Proto-Hellenickríňňō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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