English
cribriform
Cribriform comes from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *krey-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sieve, pick out, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréydʰromreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kreiðromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcribrum‘sieve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876cribriform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sieve, pick out, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréydʰromreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kreiðromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcribrum‘sieve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876cribriform
Earliest quotation: 1876, Jules Verne: “To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sieve, pick out, separate’
certain, secretary, secret, crime, criminal, crisis, discrimination, discretion, critic, critique, discrete, discreet, discriminate, riddle, discern, criterion, hypocrite, endocrine, excrement, excretion, incriminate, rime, incrimination, excrete, ridder, certitude, recrimination, criterium, 46 more
Today it means
adj Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / cribriform