Where does “criblage” come from?

criblage (French) comes from French cribler, from Middle French cribler, from Old French cribler, from Late Latin criblo, from Latin cribro, from Latin crībrum, from Latin collum, from Latin -is.

criblage (French): sifting, sieving

Definitions

  1. sifting, sieving

Ancestry of “criblage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcriblerto sift, sieve; to riddle; to riddle, fill, cover
2Middle Frenchcribler—
3Old Frenchcribler—
4Late Latincriblo—
5LatincribroI sift or sieve
6Latincrībrumsieve, riddle, winnow
7Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
8Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →