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Where does “cribro” come from?

cribro (Latin) comes from Latin crībrum, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cribro (Latin): I sift or sieve

Definitions

  1. I sift or sieve

Ancestry of “cribro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrībrum—
2Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “cribro”

  • cribrate
  • cribrandus
  • cribraturus
  • cribrans
  • cribratus
  • cribrare
  • cribar
  • cribler
  • crivar
  • cribar
  • cribo
  • crieuler
  • cribler
  • cribler
  • crivar
  • criblo
  • cribare
  • crivar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →