The story
- Latin · derived fromcribrum“sieve”
- English todaycribrous
From Latin cribrum (“sieve”).
Words from the same roots
Latincribrum all →
cribellumcribriform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cribrous
Today it means: Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve. Full definition →
Latin cribrum