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

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