Where does “croste” come from?
croste (Italian) comes from Italian crosta, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Italic *krustos, from Proto-Indo-European krustós, from Proto-Indo-European krews- — to form a crust, begin to freeze.
croste (Italian): plural of crosta
Ancestry of “croste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | crosta | crust; scab; daub |
| 2 | Latin | crusta | The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *krustos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krustós | hardened |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |