Where does “escreto” come from?
escreto (Italian) comes from Latin excretus, from Latin excernō, from Latin cernō, from Proto-Italic krinō, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
escreto (Italian): excreted; excreta
Ancestry of “escreto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | excretus | separated |
| 2 | Latin | excernō | — |
| 3 | Latin | cernō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krinō | sift, separate; distinguish, discern; decide |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |