Where does “anticrime” come from?
anticrime (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese crime, from French crime, from Old French crimne, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
anticrime (Portuguese): anticrime
Ancestry of “anticrime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | crime | crime |
| 2 | French | crime | A category of severe infractions within French... |
| 3 | Old French | crimne | — |
| 4 | Latin | crīmen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kreimen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kréymn̥ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |