myEtymology.com: English etymology of crisis

Etymology of the English word crisis

the English word crisis

derived from the Medieval Latin word crisis (judgment; crisis, critical stage in one's life)

derived from the Greek word krisis, κρίσις (by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law))

derived from the Greek word krinein, κρίνω (to separate)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krei-

The earliest known usage of crisis in English dates from the 15th century.

Dutch crisis, French crise, German Krise, German Krisis, Italian crisi, Lithuanian krize, Norwegian krise, Polish kryzys, Russian кризиc, Swedish kris, Yiddish krizis

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