tosten

Middle English

/ˈtɔːstən/

verb

Definitions

To toast; to brown bread.
To burn or heat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French toster (roast, grill) derived from Latin tostus (parched, toasted, grilled, burnt) derived from Proto-Italic *torzeō derived from Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti (make dry).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*torséyeti

Gloss

make dry

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*tostum Latin
torreo Latin
tostus Latin
tosto Italian
*ters- Proto-Indo-European
*torséyeti Proto-Indo-European
*þarzijaną Proto-Germanic
toost Middle English
tost Middle English
toste Middle English
toster Old French
tost Welsh
*torzeō Proto-Italic

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