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- Latin · derived fromdēcrustō“to peel off [a crust or outer layer]”
- English todaydecrustation
Noun of action from the Latin dēcrustō (“to peel off [a crust or outer layer]”), from dē + crustō (“to crust”, from crusta, “crust”). Compare the Old French décrustation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.