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Where does “Kriminalgeschichte” come from?

Kriminalgeschichte (German) comes from German Kriminal, from Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

Kriminalgeschichte (German): A detective novel

Definitions

  1. A detective novel

Ancestry of “Kriminalgeschichte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKriminal—
2Latincrīminālis—
3Latincrīmen—
4Proto-Italickreimen—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréymn̥—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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