Where does “hardcrusted” come from?
hardcrusted (English) comes from English hard, from Old French hardi, from Old French hardir, from Frankish hardijan, from Proto-Germanic hardijaną, from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
hardcrusted (English): Having a hard crust
Definitions
- Having a hard crust
Ancestry of “hardcrusted”, step by step
hardcrusted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hard | Having a severe property; presenting difficulty;... |
| 2 | Old French | hardi | hardy; tough; durable |
| 3 | Old French | hardir | to harden |
| 4 | Frankish | hardijan | to harden, to make hard |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hardijaną | to make hard, strong; to harden |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via English crusted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crusted | simple past tense and past participle of crust |
| 2 | English | crust | A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or... |
| 3 | Middle English | cruste | crust |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | cruste | — |
| 5 | Latin | crusta | The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *krustos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krustós | hardened |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |