English
criminous
Criminous comes from Latin crīminōsus ‘shameful, criminal’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīminōsus‘shameful, criminal’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500crymynous‘criminally responsible’
- Englishtodaycriminous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīminōsus‘shameful, criminal’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500crymynous‘criminally responsible’
- Englishtodaycriminous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
certain, secretary, secret, crime, crisis, discretion, discrimination, critic, critique, discrete, discreet, riddle, discern, criterion, hypocrite, discriminate, excrement, endocrine, excretion, excrete, ridder, rime, certitude, incriminate, criterium, incrimination, recrimination, 47 more
Today it means
adj criminal
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / criminous