myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of crista

Etymology of the Latin word crista

the New Latin word crista (crest; crest, comb)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker- (to turn, bend)

Albanian kreshtë, English crista, French creste, French cristiforme, Italian cresta, Italian cristale, Italian cristella, Italian iliocristale, Portuguese crista, Romanian creastă, Spanish cresta, Spanish crista

Word found in New Latin