Where does “kriminalteknik” come from?
kriminalteknik (Swedish) comes from Swedish teknik, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
kriminalteknik (Swedish): forensic analysis, criminal investigation
Definitions
- forensic analysis, criminal investigation
Ancestry of “kriminalteknik”, step by step
kriminalteknik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish teknik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | teknik | a technique; technology |
| 2 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 3 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Swedish kriminell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kriminell | criminal |
| 2 | French | criminel | criminal |
| 3 | Old French | criminal | criminal; illegal; against the law |
| 4 | Latin | crīminālis | criminal |
| 5 | Latin | crīmen | a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kreimen | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kréymn̥ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |