English
discriminous
Discriminous comes from Latin discrimen ‘the dangerous, decisive moment’, from discernō ‘to set apart, differentiate, decide’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krinō‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcernō‘to distinguish, divide, separate, sift’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscernō‘to set apart, differentiate, decide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscrimen‘the dangerous, decisive moment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscriminosus
- Englishearliest quotation 1672discriminous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krinō‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcernō‘to distinguish, divide, separate, sift’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscernō‘to set apart, differentiate, decide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscrimen‘the dangerous, decisive moment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscriminosus
- Englishearliest quotation 1672discriminous
Earliest quotation: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus: “diſcerning the diſcriminous ſtate of Perdiccas King of Macedonia”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
certain, secret, crime, crisis, criminal, critic, critique, riddle, criterion, hypocrite, endocrine, discernible, discernment, excrete, rime, ridder, certitude, incriminate, criterium, incrimination, recrimination, 46 more
through Latin cernō ‘to distinguish, divide, separate, sift’
secretary, secretion, discern, excrement, secrete, excretion, 10 more
through Latin discernō ‘to set apart, differentiate, decide’
Today it means
adj hazardous; dangerous
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / discriminous