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Where does “cribrate” come from?

cribrate (English) comes from Latin cribratus, from Latin cribro, from Latin crībrum, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cribrate (English): cribriform

Definitions

  1. cribriform

Ancestry of “cribrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincribratussifted
2LatincribroI sift or sieve
3Latincrībrum—
4Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
5Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →