Etymology

crusted

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Today it means: Having or consisting of a crust. Full definition →

English crust ← Middle English cruste ← Anglo-Norman cruste
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*krustós
  3. Proto-Italic*krustos
  4. Latincrusta
  5. Anglo-Normancruste
  6. Middle Englishcruste
  7. Englishcrust
  8. English todaycrusted

From crust + -ed.

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