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English word crisis comes from Proto-Italic *krinō (Decide. Distinguish, discern. Sift, separate.)
*krinō (Proto-Italic)
Decide. Distinguish, discern. Sift, separate.
*krey- (Proto-Indo-European)
cernere (Latin)
κρίνω (Ancient Greek)
κρίσις (Ancient Greek)
crisis (English)
(drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.. (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.. A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.. A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.. An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or [...]