The story
- Latin · derived fromcōlum
- Latin · derived fromcōlātōrium
- Middle English · inherited fromcolyndore
- English todaycolander
From Middle English colyndore, coloundour, colonur, variants of Middle English culdor, culdore, culatre, ultimately from Latin cōlātōrium, from Latin cōlum. Cognates include Italian colino and Spanish colador.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.