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cresta

“cresta” is a Romanian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to cut
  2. to notch
  3. to make incisions

In Romanian

  1. (v.tranz.) a face tăieturi pe o suprafață sau pe marginea unui obiect; a efectua crestături prin așchiere, deformare plastică etc.; a tăia în ceva făcând colți, dinți.
  2. (v.refl.) a se tăia, a se răni ușor.

Etymology

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,…

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