Where does “cribo” come from?
cribo (Latin) comes from Latin cribrum, from Proto-Italic kreiðrom, from Proto-Indo-European kréydʰrom, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
Ancestry of “cribo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | cribrum | sieve, riddle, winnow |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kreiðrom | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kréydʰrom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
Words derived from “cribo”