English
epicrisis
Epicrisis comes from Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις ‘determination, decision’, from κρῑ́νω ‘to separate, divide, part, distinguish between…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kri-n-yé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kríňňōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῑ́νω‘to separate, divide, part, distinguish between two things or people or among a group of…’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίκρισιςepíkrisis‘determination, decision’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916epicrisis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kri-n-yé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kríňňōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῑ́νω‘to separate, divide, part, distinguish between two things or people or among a group of…’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίκρισιςepíkrisis‘determination, decision’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916epicrisis
Earliest quotation: 1916, Albion Walter Hewlett: “It would be well if every practitioner would go…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate’
certain, secretary, secret, crime, criminal, discrimination, discretion, critic, riddle, discrete, criterion, discriminate, discreet, discern, endocrine, excrement, excretion, incriminate, rime, incrimination, excrete, certitude, ridder, recrimination, 46 more
through Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω ‘to separate, divide, part, distinguish between…’
Today it means
noun A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / epicrisis