crestar.
to sear
Meaning & usage
to sear
to roast
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *krustós Proto-Italic *krustosder. Latin crusta Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin crustāre Portuguese crestar Inherited from Latin crustāre.
to collect honey from a beehive
Where this word comes from
Probably from Latin castrāre, through metathesis (therefore a doublet of castrar). Compare Occitan crestar (“to castrate”); cf. also Romanian cresta (“cut; notch; make incisions”).
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