Custard
/ˈkʌstəd/noun
A sweet, thick dessert or sauce made from milk or cream, usually thickened with eggs.
Did you know?The word began as a term for the baked crust of a tart or pie, and only later shifted to the creamy filling inside it — a rare case of the container becoming the dessert.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English
English
custarde
“A tart or pie with a crust; later, the filling or filling-like mixture baked inside it.”
Old French
Old French
crouste
“Crust, especially the hard outer shell of bread or pastry.”
Latin
Latin
crusta
“A hard outer layer, shell, or rind; crust.”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kreus-
“To begin to freeze or harden; to form a crust or hard surface.”