English
kritarchy
Kritarchy comes from Ancient Greek κριτής ‘a judge’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate’.
- 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 BCEκρῑ́νωkrī́nō‘to decide, judge’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκριτήςkritḗs‘a judge’root of κρῑ́νω
- Englishtodaykritarchy
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 BCEκρῑ́νωkrī́nō‘to decide, judge’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκριτήςkritḗs‘a judge’root of κρῑ́νω
- Englishtodaykritarchy
Formed from -archy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate’
certain, secret, crime, criminal, crisis, discrimination, discretion, critic, discrete, discreet, discriminate, riddle, discern, endocrine, excrement, excretion, incriminate, excrete, incrimination, rime, recrimination, ridder, certitude, 46 more
through Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω ‘to decide, judge’
critique, criticize, hypocrite, criterium, 7 more
through Ancient Greek κριτής ‘a judge’
Today it means
noun Rule by judges.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / kritarchy