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Where does “criminolog” come from?

criminolog (Romanian) comes from French criminologue, from French criminologie, from French -ie, from Middle French -ie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

criminolog (Romanian): criminologist

Definitions

  1. criminologist

Ancestry of “criminolog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcriminologuecriminologist
2Frenchcriminologiecriminology
3French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
4Middle French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
5Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
6Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “criminolog”

  • criminologă
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