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Where does “incriminare” come from?

incriminare (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin criminare, from Latin crimino, from English incrimination, from Medieval Latin incriminatus, from Latin incrimino, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “incriminare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincriminaresecond-person singular present passive indicative...
2LatincriminoI accuse, indict
3EnglishincriminationThe act of incriminating someone; accusation
4Medieval Latinincriminatus—
5Latinincrimino—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incriminare”

  • incriminar
  • incriminato
  • incriminabile
  • incriminare
  • incriminabilità
  • incriminer
  • incriminar
  • incrimina
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