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Where does “crusta” come from?

crusta (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *krustos, from Proto-Indo-European krustós, from Proto-Indo-European krews- — to form a crust, begin to freeze.

crusta (Latin): The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,...

Definitions

  1. The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,...

Ancestry of “crusta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*krustos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrustóshardened
3Proto-Indo-Europeankrews-to form a crust, begin to freeze

Words derived from “crusta”

  • crust
  • crustal
  • crustacean
  • piecrust
  • encrust
  • crustose
  • crusta
  • crustless
  • shortcrust
  • incrust
  • duricrust
  • Lincrusta
  • subcrustal
  • breadcrust
  • crustlike
  • intracrustal
  • microcrustacean
  • crustation
  • crustated
  • encrustment
  • encruster
  • decrust
  • incrustment
  • incrustant
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