English

kissing-crust

From kissing + crust.

A compound of kissing + crust

Proto-Germanic *kussijandz

Proto-West Germanic *kussijandī

Old English cyssende

Middle English kissynge ‘kiss’

Proto-Indo-European *krews- ‘to form a crust, begin to freeze’

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Proto-Italic *krustos

Latin crusta ‘hard outer covering’

Anglo-Norman cruste

Middle English cruste

English crust

Today it means

noun The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.

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

Etymograph / kissing-crust