Feminine

costra

Meaning

  1. (feminine) crust
  2. (feminine) scab
  3. (feminine) snot

Frequency

40k
Hyphenated as
cos‧tra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkostɾa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin crusta (following metathesis), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”). Cognate with English crust. Also, compare English custard, an English descendant of Latin crusta that also underwent similar metathesis.

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