Where does “scrostamento” come from?

scrostamento (Italian) comes from Italian scrostare, 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.

scrostamento (Italian): chipping, peeling; A patch where the surface has...

Definitions

  1. chipping, peeling; A patch where the surface has...

Ancestry of “scrostamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianscrostareTo remove the scab from; To scrape, scratch,...
2Italiancrostacrust; scab; daub
3LatincrustaThe hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,...
4Proto-Italic*krustos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrustóshardened
6Proto-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 →