English
roasting
Roasting comes from Middle English rosten ‘to roast meat’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hrews-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrews-next step skipped: Proto-Germanic *raustijaną
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*raustreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*raustijan‘to roast’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*rōstjanreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rostir‘to roast’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rosten‘to roast meat’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500rostynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1885roasting
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrews-next step skipped: Proto-Germanic *raustijaną
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*raustreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*raustijan‘to roast’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*rōstjanreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rostir‘to roast’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rosten‘to roast meat’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500rostynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1885roasting
Earliest quotation: 1885, Henry Marion Howe, Copper smelting: “These elements are expelled more completely by a large…”
Formed from roast + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- ‘to crackle’
Proto-Germanic *raustijaną ‘to roast’
Frankish *rōstijan ‘to roast, broil’
Old French rostir ‘to roast, to torture with fire’
Middle English rosten ‘to roast meat’
English roast
Linked words
through Proto-West Germanic *raustijan ‘to roast’
through Old French rostir ‘to roast’
Today it means
verb Very hot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- / roasting