Where does “croustiller” come from?

croustiller (French) comes from French croûte, from Middle French crouste, from Old French croste, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Italic *krustos, from Proto-Indo-European krustós, from Proto-Indo-European krews- — to form a crust, begin to freeze.

croustiller (French): to get crunchier; to crunch, munch

Definitions

  1. to get crunchier; to crunch, munch

Ancestry of “croustiller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcroûtecrust; scab
2Middle Frenchcroustecrust
3Old Frenchcrostecrust; scab
4LatincrustaThe hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,...
5Proto-Italic*krustos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrustóshardened
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrews-to form a crust, begin to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krews- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European krustós →Every word from Proto-Italic *krustos →
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