Where does “cribrous” come from?

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

cribrous (English): Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve

Definitions

  1. Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve

Ancestry of “cribrous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrībrumsieve, riddle, winnow
2Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -isEvery word from Latin -a