Where does “crust” come from?
Crust comes from Middle English cruste, from Old French cruste, from Latin crusta, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European krustós and krews-.
crust (English): A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or...
Definitions
- A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or...
Ancestry of “crust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | cruste | crust |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | cruste | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “crust”