Croute
/kruːt/noun
A crust of bread or pastry, especially one used as a base or covering for a dish.
Did you know?Croute is an English culinary borrowing from French croûte, whose ancestor Latin crusta also gave English crust and influenced words such as crouton.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*krus-
“A reconstructed root associated with hard or brittle surfaces and breaking”
Classical Latin
Latin
crusta
“A hard outer covering, rind, shell, or crust”
Late Latin
Latin
crusta
“A crust or hardened surface, including a layer of bread or pastry”
Old French
Old French
crouste
“Crust or hard outer layer”
Middle French
French
croûte
“Crust, especially bread crust or pastry”
Modern English
English
croute
“A crust or pastry base used in culinary dishes”
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