Etymograph

English

incrustation

Incrustation comes from Latin incrustātiō ‘encrustation’, from crustō ‘to cover with a rind, shell, incrustation,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krews-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krews-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*krustósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krustosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrusta
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrustō‘to cover with a rind, shell, incrustation, plaster-work, embossed figures, etc’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrustō‘to encrust’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrustātiō‘encrustation’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1838incrustation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krews-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*krustósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krustosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrusta
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrustō‘to cover with a rind, shell, incrustation, plaster-work, embossed figures, etc’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrustō‘to encrust’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrustātiō‘encrustation’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1838incrustation

Earliest quotation: 1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “Her reception of her brother was most affectionate—there are…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *krews-

crystalline, cryopreservation, 5 more

through Proto-Italic *krustos

crusty, 4 more

through Latin crusta

crust, 5 more

Today it means

noun The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krews- / incrustation

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