Where does “encrustment” come from?
encrustment (English) comes from English encrust, from French incruster, from Old French incruster, from Latin incrusto, from Latin crusto, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Italic *krustos, from Proto-Indo-European krustós — to form a crust, begin to freeze.
encrustment (English): That which is formed as a crust; encrustation
Definitions
- That which is formed as a crust; encrustation
Ancestry of “encrustment”, step by step
encrustment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English encrust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encrust | To cover with a hard crust; To form a crust; To... |
| 2 | French | incruster | to embed, to inlay |
| 3 | Old French | incruster | to cover with a crust |
| 4 | Latin | incrusto | I encrust |
| 5 | Latin | crusto | I cover with a rind, shell, incrustation,... |
| 6 | Latin | crusta | The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *krustos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krustós | hardened |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |