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cresta

Where it comes from

Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre through metathesis (and thus possibly a doublet of the borrowing castra). Compare Occitan crestar (“to castrate”), Portuguese crestar (“collect honey from a beehive”). See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, compare Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura.

verb a cresta 1st conjugation · crestează · crestat · a cresta · crestând

to cut
to notch
to make incisions

In English

dimple to form in

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"cresta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/cresta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cresta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cresta

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"cresta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cresta.

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@misc{cresta_2026,
  title = {cresta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cresta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}