rosten
Middle English
/ˈrɔːstən/
verb
Definitions
- To roast or grill; to cook over a griddle:
- To make warm, roasted or cooked; to scorch.
- (rare) To be tortured with heat.
- (rare) To sear or parch; to make dry or parched.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French rostir (roast, torture with fire) derived from Frankish *rōstijan (roast, broil) derived from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (roast) affix from Middle English roste (chicken's roost, perch, roast).
Origin
Middle English
roste
Gloss
chicken's roost, perch, roast
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overroast English
- reroast English
- ribroast English
- roast English
- roastability English
- roastable English
- roastee English
- roaster English
- roastery English
- roastie English
- roasting English
- roastmaster English
- roasty English
- roost English
- arrostire Italian
- *Hrews- Proto-Indo-European
- *reus- Proto-Indo-European
- *rews- Proto-Indo-European
- *raustijaną Proto-Germanic
- hrōst Old English
- roste Middle English
- roster Middle English
- rostyng Middle English
- róst Irish
- rostir Old French
- rosti Esperanto
- rustrir Galician
- rōst Old High German
- rōsten Old High German
- ròst Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- rostir Middle French
- roustir Middle French
- *rōsten Old Dutch
- *raustjan Frankish
- *rōstijan Frankish
- *rōstjan Frankish
- rost Breton
- rooschde Pennsylvania German
- rustèi Istriot
- rost Lombard