myEtymology.com: English etymology of critical

Etymology of the English word critical

the English word critical

derived from the English word critic

derived from the Vulgar Latin word criticus (critical; decisive; literary critic)

derived from the Greek word kritikos, κριτικός (decisive ('critical'); discriminative)

derived from the Greek word krites, κριτής (a judge (genitive case or specially))

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

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

derived from the Greek word come

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

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

derived from the Latin word critic

derived from the Greek word kritikos, κριτικός (decisive ('critical'); discriminative)

derived from the Greek word krites, κριτής (a judge (genitive case or specially))

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

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

using the English suffix -al

derived from the Latin suffix -alis

Dutch kritisch, French critique, German kritisch, German Kritik, Italian critica, Lithuanian kritika, Norwegian kritisk, Polish krytyka, Russian критика, Swedish kritisk, Yiddish kritik

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