Where does “cribble” come from?

cribble (English) comes from French crible, from Latin criblus — sieve.

cribble (English): A coarse sieve or screen; Coarse flour or meal;...

Definitions

  1. A coarse sieve or screen; Coarse flour or meal;...

Ancestry of “cribble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcriblesieve, sifter, riddle; first-person singular...
2Latincriblussieve

Words derived from “cribble

Every word from Latin criblus
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