Etymograph

English

criterium

Criterium comes from French critérium ‘competition’, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον ‘means of judging, criterion, test, standard’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kri-n-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kríňňōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῑ́νωkrī́nō‘I discern, judge’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρῐτήρ‘interpreter’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκριτήριονkritḗrion‘means of judging, criterion, test, standard’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcritērium
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentcritérium‘competition’
  9. Englishtodaycriterium

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kri-n-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kríňňōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῑ́νωkrī́nō‘I discern, judge’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρῐτήρ‘interpreter’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκριτήριονkritḗrion‘means of judging, criterion, test, standard’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcritērium
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentcritérium‘competition’
  9. Englishtodaycriterium

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate’

certain, secretary, secret, crime, criminal, crisis, discrimination, discretion, critic, discreet, riddle, discrete, discriminate, discern, endocrine, excrement, excretion, rime, incrimination, incriminate, recrimination, excrete, ridder, certitude, 47 more

through Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω ‘I discern, judge’

critique, criticize, hypocrite, 8 more

Another origin of criterium

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kri-n-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kríňňōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῑ́νωkrī́nō‘I discern, judge’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρῐτήρ‘interpreter’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκριτήριονkritḗrion‘means of judging, criterion, test, standard’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcritērium
  8. Englishtodaycriterium

Today it means

noun A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / criterium

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