critique
kri-TEEK · noun
Origin
English took "critique" directly from French "critique," an unadapted borrowing, which itself came from New Latin "critica," the feminine form of "criticus," meaning critical.
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Journey
Because it entered English as an unadapted borrowing, it kept its French spelling and form rather than being reworked into a more typically English shape.
Related words
It shares its root with "critic," both tracing back to the same Latin "criticus."
More words
From New Latin