Where does “criminal” come from?
criminal (Romanian) comes from French criminel, from Old French criminal, 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 (Romanian): criminal, felon, perpetrator, offender,...
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- criminal, felon, perpetrator, offender,...
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