Proto-Indo-European

*krews-

‘to form a crust, begin to freeze’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *krews-.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *krews-, most familiar first.

• crust ← cruste ← cruste ← crusta ← *krustos
• crystalline ← cristallyn ← cristallin ← crystallinus ← κρυστάλλινος
• crusty ← cruste ← cruste ← crusta ← *krustos
• cryopreservation ← κρύος
• incrustation ← incrustātiō ← incrustō ← crustō ← crusta
• encrust ← incruster ← incruster ← incrustare ← crustō
• crostata ← crosta ← crusta ← *krustos ← *krustós
• crusta ← *krustos ← *krustós
• crustated ← crustatus ← crusta ← *krustos ← *krustós
• crystallurgy ← κρύσταλλος ← κρύος

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krews-