Where does “cribler” come from?
cribler (French) comes from Middle French cribler, from Old French cribler, from Late Latin criblo, from Latin cribro, from Latin crībrum, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.
cribler (French): to sift, sieve; to riddle; to riddle, fill, cover
Definitions
- to sift, sieve; to riddle; to riddle, fill, cover
Ancestry of “cribler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | cribler | — |
| 2 | Old French | cribler | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | criblo | — |
| 4 | Latin | cribro | I sift or sieve |
| 5 | Latin | crībrum | sieve, riddle, winnow |
| 6 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 7 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |