crosta
Portuguese
noun
Definitions
- crust any solid, hard surface layer, outer layer of bread and pastry
- (geology) crust outermost layer of a planet
- scab incrustation over a wound
Etymology
Inherited from Latin crusta (crust, shell, hard outer covering, inlaid work, bark, rind) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (hardened).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*krustós
Gloss
hardened
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crust English
- crusta English
- crusta Latin
- crusto Latin
- crustosus Latin
- crustula Latin
- crosta Italian
- costra Spanish, Castilian
- *krustós Proto-Indo-European
- croste Old French
- cruste Old French
- krusto Esperanto
- crosta Catalan, Valencian
- crustă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- corste Middle Dutch
- krusta Old High German
- croste Friulian
- crosse Walloon