crimination

crimination

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *krey-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥
Proto-Italic *kreimə
Latin crīmen
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin crīminor
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin criminatio, criminationisbor.
English crimination

    Borrowed from Latin criminatio, criminationis.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
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    Noun

    crimination (countable and uncountable, plural criminations)

    1. An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
      • 1837, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella
        […] and when the ambassadors, after a fruitless attempt at negotiation, which evaporated in mutual crimination and recrimination, set out on their return to Aragon, they were twice detained, […]

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