English
crimination
Crimination comes from Latin criminatio ‘accusation, complaint’, from crīmen ‘a crime, fault, offense’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘sieve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘sieve’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréymn̥reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kreimənreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīmen‘a crime, fault, offense’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīminor‘to accuse, denounce, charge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcriminatio‘accusation, complaint’
- Englishtodaycrimination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘sieve’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréymn̥reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kreimənreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīmen‘a crime, fault, offense’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīminor‘to accuse, denounce, charge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcriminatio‘accusation, complaint’
- Englishtodaycrimination
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘sieve’
certain, secretary, secret, crisis, critic, discrete, critique, discretion, discreet, riddle, discern, hypocrite, criterion, discriminate, excrement, endocrine, excrete, excretion, rime, ridder, certitude, criterium, incriminate, 49 more
through Latin crīmen ‘a crime, fault, offense’
Today it means
noun An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / crimination