English
roster
Roster comes from Dutch rooster ‘gridiron, table, list’, from Middle Dutch roosten ‘to roast’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*raustijan‘to broil, roast’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*rōstenreconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500roosten‘to roast’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentrooster‘gridiron, table, list’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959roster
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*raustijan‘to broil, roast’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*rōstenreconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500roosten‘to roast’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentrooster‘gridiron, table, list’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959roster
Earliest quotation: 1959, David P. Morgan, Steam's Finest Hour: “Its 50 H-7 2-8-8-2's (30 of which found their…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *Hrew- ‘to tear out, dig out, open, acquire’
room, rude, erudite, erudition, 4 more
through Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- ‘to crackle, sizzle, roast’
through Proto-West Germanic *raustijan ‘to broil, roast’
Today it means
noun A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *raustijan / roster