kryminalistyka.
forensics, criminalistics (study of crime, the detection and investigation of crimes and the prosecution of their perpetrators)
Meaning & usage
forensics, criminalistics (study of crime, the detection and investigation of crimes and the prosecution of their perpetrators)
forensics, criminalistics (study of crime, the detection and investigation of crimes and the prosecution of their perpetrators) forensics, criminalistics (this study as a major at university)
forensics (administrative unit within the police that deals with detecting crimes and prosecuting criminals)
forensics (administrative unit within the police that deals with detecting crimes and prosecuting criminals) forensics (people working in such an administrative unit)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥ Proto-Italic *kreimən Latin crīmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin criminalisbor. German kriminal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Kriminalist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icusbor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)bor. German -ik German Kriminalistikbor. Polish kryminalistyka Borrowed from German Kriminalistik. First attested in 1848. By surface analysis, kryminalista + -yka.
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