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