Where does “קריטיקער” come from?
קריטיקער (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.
קריטיקער (Yiddish): critic
Ancestry of “קריטיקער”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | קריטיק | criticism; critique; criticism |
| 2 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 3 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus:
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| 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 |