myEtymology.com: English etymology of epicrisis

Etymology of the English word epicrisis

the English word epicrisis

derived from 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-

using the English prefix epi-

derived from the Greek prefix epi-, ἐπι-

derived from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί (upon; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case); over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.)

Date

The earliest known usage of epicrisis in English dates from the 20th century.

Usage

Word found in Modern English