crosta

Meaning

1. (feminine) crust (any hard surface layer; surface layer of most breads and pastries)
2. (feminine) crust (outermost solid layer of a planet)
3. (feminine) rind (hard surface layer of a cheese)
4. (feminine) scab (crust over a wound made from clotted blood)

Concepts

crust

scab

bark

skin

hull

husk

peel

rind

shell

🐚

eschar

incrustation

scurf

encrustation

Synonyms

closca

escorça

cuirassa

clofolla

carcassa

incrustació

ronya

sarna

corteza

clapat

clivellat

Translations

crosta

costra

croûte

crosta

Rinde

korst

corteza

cáscara

côdea

casca

Schorf

schil

Kruste

buccia

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɾɔs.tə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: crusta

Cognate with Occitan: crosta

Cognate with French: croûte

Cognate with Spanish: costra

In summary

Inherited from Latin crusta (“bark, crust, shell”) (compare Occitan crosta, French croûte, Spanish costra), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”). The /ɔ/ is unexpected and perhaps due to influence from other words with similar meanings.