Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “krite” come from?

krite (Middle Low German) comes from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “krite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCrēta—
2Latin-āceus—
3Latin-āx—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “krite”

  • krita
  • kritt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →