quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- caked (adj.)
- "thickly encrusted," 1922, past participle adjective from cake (v.).
- crust (v.)
- late 14c.; see crust (n.). Related: Crusted; crusting.
- encrust (v.)
- also incrust, 1640s, from French incruster, from Latin incrustare "to cover with crust," from in- (see in- (2)) + crusta (see crust). Related: Encrusted; encrusting.
- saltpeter (n.)
- "potassium nitrate," c. 1500, earlier salpetre (early 14c.), from Old French salpetre, from Medieval Latin sal petrae "salt of rock," from Latin sal "salt" (see salt (n.)) + petra "rock, stone" (see petrous). So called because it looks like salt encrusted on rock.