Where does “קריטיקירן” come from?
קריטיקירן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קריטיק, 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 — to sift, separate, divide.
קריטיקירן (Yiddish): to criticize, critique
Definitions
- to criticize, critique
Ancestry of “קריטיקירן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | קריטיק | criticism; critique; criticism |
| 2 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 3 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus: ##... |
| 4 | Latin | criticus | critical, decisive; a critic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κριτικός | Able to judge, discerning, critical; critic,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |