Etymograph

English

incrustate

Incrustate comes from Latin incrustātus ‘encrusted’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrustātus‘encrusted’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1627incrustate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrustātus‘encrusted’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1627incrustate

Earliest quotation: 1627, I. Century.: “the finer part will be turned into air ,…”

first attested First attested in 1570 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin incrustātus, perfect passive participle of incrustō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Every English word from Latin incrustātus

Today it means

verb To encrust.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin incrustātus / incrustate

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