Where does “критика//kritika” come from?

критика//kritika (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French critique, from New Latin critica, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti — to sift, separate, divide.

Ancestry of “критика//kritika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcritiquecritical; judgemental; criticism
2New Latincriticacritique; inflection of criticus: ##...
3Latincriticuscritical, decisive; a critic
4Ancient GreekκριτικόςAble to judge, discerning, critical; critic,...
5Ancient Greekκρίσιςdecision, determination, judgment; trial,...
6Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
7Proto-Hellenickríňňō
8Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey-