crustă

See also: crusta

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin crusta (possibly a later borrowing; cf. French croûte, German Kruste), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).

Noun

crustă f (plural cruste)

1. crust (outside layer formed by solidifying, drying etc.)

   Synonyms: coajă, scoarță

   1. scab (incrustation over a wound)

Related terms

• crustos

See also

• coajă, scoarță