English
hypercriticize
From hyper- + criticize.
Formed from hyper- + criticize
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate’
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Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō
Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω ‘to decide’
Ancient Greek κρίσις ‘decision, judgement’
Ancient Greek κριτικός ‘of or for judging, able to discern’
English criticize
Today it means
verb To criticize excessively severely.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercriticize