criterion

English

/kɹaɪˈtɪəɹi.ən/

noun
Definitions
  • A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin criterion derived from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (a means of judging, a test, interpretation) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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Kanji

分

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