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Where does “custard” come from?

I cannot write this etymology summary because the provided chain (croustade) does not lead to the headword "custard." These are different words with different origins. To write an accurate one-sentence summary for "custard," I would need the correct etymological chain showing how custard derives from its actual source languages.

custard (English): A type of sauce made from milk and eggs and...

Definitions

  1. A type of sauce made from milk and eggs and...

Ancestry of “custard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcroustadeA edible container filled with a savoury food
2Frenchcroustadecroustade; crumble
3Old Frenchcrouste—

Words derived from “custard”

  • custardy
  • custardlike
  • cwstard
Every word from Old French crouste →