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Where does “криминализирати” come from?

криминализирати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кри̑мен, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

криминализирати (Serbo-Croatian): to criminalize

Definitions

  1. to criminalize

Ancestry of “криминализирати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкри̑мен—
2Latincrīmen—
3Proto-Italickreimen—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankréymn̥—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →