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Where does “crivellare” come from?

crivellare (Italian) comes from Italian crivello, from Late Latin cribellum, from Latin crībrum, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

crivellare (Italian): to riddle, to spray; to drill

Definitions

  1. to riddle, to spray; to drill

Ancestry of “crivellare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancrivelloscreen, sieve; sluicebox; first-person singular...
2Late Latincribelluma small 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—

Words derived from “crivellare”

  • crivellatura
  • crivellazione
  • crivello
  • crivellare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →