Where does “pie crust” come from?
pie crust (English) comes from English PIE, from Middle English pie, from Old French pié, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pie crust (English): The crust of a pie
Definitions
- The crust of a pie
Ancestry of “pie crust”, step by step
pie crust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English PIE
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PIE | A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.) |
| 2 | Middle English | pie | Alternative form of pye |
| 3 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English crust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crust | A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or... |
| 2 | Middle English | cruste | crust |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | cruste | — |
| 4 | Latin | crusta | The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *krustos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krustós | hardened |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |