English
incrimination
Incrimination comes from Medieval Latin incrīminō ‘to incriminate’, 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
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500incrīminōas incriminatus‘to incriminate’
- Englishtodayincrimination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’root as named
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500incrīminōas incriminatus‘to incriminate’
- Englishtodayincrimination
Formed from -ion
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
certain, secretary, secret, crime, crisis, criminal, critic, critique, discrete, discretion, discrimination, discreet, riddle, discern, hypocrite, criterion, discriminate, excrement, endocrine, excretion, excrete, rime, ridder, certitude, criterium, recrimination, 48 more
Today it means
noun The act of incriminating someone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / incrimination