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Where does “descriminalizar” come from?

descriminalizar (Spanish) comes from Spanish criminalizar, from Spanish 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.

descriminalizar (Spanish): to decriminalize

Definitions

  1. to decriminalize

Ancestry of “descriminalizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcriminalizarto criminalize
2Spanishcriminalcriminal
3Latincrīminālis—
4Latincrīmen—
5Proto-Italickreimen—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankréymn̥—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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