Where does “excreție” come from?

excreție (Romanian) comes from French excrétion, from Late Latin excretio, from Latin excernō, from Latin cernō, from Proto-Italic krinō, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

excreție (Romanian): excretion

Definitions

  1. excretion

Ancestry of “excreție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexcrétionexcretion
2Late Latinexcretioexcretion
3Latinexcernōto sift out, separate
4Latincernōto distinguish, divide, separate, sift
5Proto-Italickrinōsift, separate; distinguish, discern; decide
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Italic krinō →Every word from Latin cernō →