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Where does “Kriminalist” come from?

Kriminalist (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.

Kriminalist (German): criminal detective

Definitions

  1. criminal detective

Ancestry of “Kriminalist”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Kriminalist”

  • kriminalistisch
  • Kriminalistik
  • kriminalistika
  • криминалистика
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →