Etymograph

English

broil

Broil comes from Middle English broylen ‘to broil’, and goes back to Anglo-Norman bruiller.

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400bruiller
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500broylen‘to broil’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1788broil

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400bruiller
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500broylen‘to broil’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1788broil

Earliest quotation: 1788, Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery: “To broil a pigeon. When you broil them, do…”

Every English word from Anglo-Norman bruiller

Another origin of broil

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewh₁-‘to seethe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰru(h₁)-to-mreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bruþą‘broth’reconstructed
  4. Frankishc. 250–700*broþ‘broth’reconstructed
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*brodiculāre‘to jumble together’reconstructed
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400broiller‘to mix up’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500broilen‘to quarrel, present in disorder’
  8. Englishtodaybroil

Today it means

verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.

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Etymograph / Anglo-Norman bruiller / broil

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