Where does “criminal” come from?
criminal (Old French) comes from Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
criminal (Old French): criminal; illegal; against the law
Definitions
- criminal; illegal; against the law
Ancestry of “criminal”, step by step
Words derived from “criminal”