Where does “crouston” come from?

crouston (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.

crouston (French): Archaic form of croûton

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of croûton

Ancestry of “crouston”, 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

Words derived from “crouston”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krews- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European krustós →Every word from Proto-Italic *krustos →