cribo.
winnow
Meaning & usage
winnow
sieve
Where this word comes from
Attested since circa 1300. From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cribum, dissimilated form of Latin cribrum attested in some late glosses, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to seive”). Cognate with Portuguese crivo, Spanish criba, and Sicilian crivu.
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