critical的词源
英文词源
- critical (adj.)
- 1580s, "censorious," from critic + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to criticism" is from 1741; medical sense is from c. 1600; meaning "of the nature of a crisis" is from 1640s; that of "crucial" is from 1841, from the "decisive" sense in Latin criticus. Related: Criticality (1756; in the nuclear sense, 1950); critically (1650s, "accurately;" 1815, "in a critical situation"). In nuclear science, critical mass is attested from 1940.
中文词源
来自PIE*krei, 区分，筛选，判断，词源同crime, crisis. 即到了选择关头的，关键的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：critical 词源，critical 含义。
critical：批判的，挑剔的；危机的，紧要的；有判断力的；临界的
词根词缀： -crit-判断,决定 + -ic名词词尾,…人,…家 + -al形容词词尾
