critic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκριτικός“of or for judging, able to discern”
2. Latin · derived fromcriticus
3. Middle French · borrowed fromcritique
4. English todaycritic

Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”).

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