Where does “kriminalidad” come from?
kriminalidad (Tagalog) comes from Spanish criminalidad, from Latin criminalitas, from Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
kriminalidad (Tagalog): crime; criminality
Definitions
- crime; criminality
Ancestry of “kriminalidad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | criminalidad | criminality, crime |
| 2 | Latin | criminalitas | — |
| 3 | Latin | crīminālis | criminal |
| 4 | Latin | crīmen | a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kreimen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kréymn̥ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |