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Where does “criminate” come from?

criminate (Latin) comes from Latin crimino, from English incrimination, from Medieval Latin incriminatus, from Latin incrimino, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

criminate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “criminate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincriminoI accuse, indict
2EnglishincriminationThe act of incriminating someone; accusation
3Medieval Latinincriminatus—
4Latinincrimino—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →