Where does “crestat” come from?
crestat (Catalan) comes from Portuguese crestar, from Latin crusto, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Italic *krustos, from Proto-Indo-European krustós, from Proto-Indo-European krews- — to form a crust, begin to freeze.
crestat (Catalan): crested
Definitions
- crested
Ancestry of “crestat”, step by step
crestat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese crestar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | crestar | to sear; to roast; to collect honey from a... |
| 2 | Latin | crusto | I cover with a rind, shell, incrustation,... |
| 3 | Latin | crusta | The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *krustos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krustós | hardened |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |