English
recrimination
Recrimination comes from French récriminer ‘to recriminate’, from Latin crīmen ‘a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘sieve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘sieve’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréymn̥reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kreimənreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīmen‘a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecrīmināre
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrécriminer‘to recriminate’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentrécrimination
- Englishearliest quotation 1983recrimination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘sieve’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréymn̥reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kreimənreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrīmen‘a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecrīmināre
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrécriminer‘to recriminate’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentrécrimination
- Englishearliest quotation 1983recrimination
Earliest quotation: 1983, Robert P. Wasson Jr., "Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response: “Will's figures, if correct, serve to underscore the extent…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘sieve’
certain, secretary, secret, crisis, critic, critique, discrimination, discretion, discrete, riddle, discern, discreet, hypocrite, criterion, discriminate, endocrine, excrement, rime, ridder, excretion, excrete, certitude, criterium, incriminate, incrimination, 46 more
through Proto-Italic *kreimən
through Latin crīmen ‘a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment’
Today it means
noun The act of recriminating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / recrimination