Where does “scrostatura” come from?
scrostatura (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.
scrostatura (Italian): chipping, peeling; A patch where the surface has...
Definitions
- chipping, peeling; A patch where the surface has...
Ancestry of “scrostatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | scrostare | To remove the scab from; To scrape, scratch,... |
| 2 | Italian | crosta | crust; scab; daub |
| 3 | Latin | crusta | The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *krustos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krustós | hardened |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |