Etymology

crusta

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Today it means: A crust or shell. Full definition →

Latin crusta
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcrusta“shell, crust, inlaid work”
  2. English todaycrusta

Borrowed from Latin crusta (“shell, crust, inlaid work”). Doublet of crust.

Words from the same roots

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