crosta
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- crust any hard surface layer, surface layer of most breads and pastries
- (geology) crust outermost solid layer of a planet
- rind hard surface layer of a cheese
- scab crust over a wound made from clotted blood
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
- croûte French
- croûton French
- encroûter French
- costra Spanish, Castilian
- *krustós Proto-Indo-European
- crosta Portuguese
- croste Old French
- cruste Old French
- krusto Esperanto
- crustă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- corste Middle Dutch
- krusta Old High German
- crouste Middle French
- croste Friulian
- crosse Walloon