encrusted的词源

英文词源

caked (adj.): "thickly encrusted," 1922, past participle adjective from cake (v.).
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.

en-, 进入，使。crust, 硬壳。

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