Where does “incrustant” come from?
incrustant (English) comes from English incrust, 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.
incrustant (English): Tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or...
Definitions
- Tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or...
Ancestry of “incrustant”, step by step
incrustant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incrust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incrust | Alternative form of encrust |
| 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 |
via English ȧnt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ȧnt | — |
| 2 | Middle English | ampte | An ant; a formicid; A mantid |
| 3 | Old English | ǣmete | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | āmaitijā | ant |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |