discrimen.
crisis, separating line, division; distinction, difference;
Meaning & usage
distinction, difference, discrimination
distinction, difference, discrimination discord, controversy, quarrel
division, separation
division, separation parting (of hair)
division, separation hairpin, bodkin that parts the hair
decision, judgement
crisis, hazard, danger, risk
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *krey-der. Proto-Italic *krinō Latin cernō Latin discernō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin discrimen From discernō (“to set apart, differentiate, decide”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). First attested (indirectly) in the fragments of satirist Lucilius’s (2nd century BCE) work.
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