Proto-Indo-European
*krey-
‘to sift, separate’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *krey-.
75 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *krey-, most familiar first.
- certain ← certeyn ← *certānus ← certus ← *kritos
- certainly ← certeynly ← certeyn ← certain ← *certānus
- secretary ← secrētus ← secernere ← cernō ← *krinō
- secret ← sēcrētum
- crime ← cryme ← crīmen ← *kreimən ← *kréymn̥
- criminal ← cryminal ← criminalis ← crimen ← *kreimən
- crisis ← κρίσις ← κρίνω
- discrimination ← discriminatio ← discrīminō ← discrīmen ← discernō
- critic ← critique ← criticus ← κριτικός ← κρίνω
- discretion ← discrecioun ← discrētiō ← discerno ← cernō
- critique ← critica ← criticus ← κριτικός ← κρῐτής
- certainty ← certeynte ← certeinte ← certeinete ← *certānitās
More words from *krey-
- criticize
- discrete
- discriminate
- criterion
- riddle
- discreet
- hypocrite
- ascertain
- discern
- secretion
- endocrine
- criminality
- discernible
- excrement
- discernment
- secrete
- excretion
- incriminate
- rime
- incrimination
- excrete
- ridder
- recrimination
- criterium
- certitude
- kritik
- apocrine
- diacritic
- crimen
- rine
- creen
- cribriform
- secretaire
- certes
- criminy
- apocrisis
- atrine
- certitudinal
- certitudinous
- crimination
- cribellum
- criminate
- criminous
- cribrous
- cribrate
- cribration
- critocracy
- creener
- decretory
- decertation
- discrimen
- discriminous
- diacrisis
- eccritic
- epicrisis
- excern
- excretum
- juxtacrine
- kritarchy
- merocrine
- recriminate
- secern
- secernate
- concert
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey-