Etymology Explorer › English

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
1Latincrībrum—
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-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →