English
roasty
From roast + -y.
Formed from roast + -y
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
Today it means
adj Having a taste that suggests roasted ingredients.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / roasty