rostir

rostir

1. Alternative form of roustir

From Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crasckle, roast”). Cognate with Old High German rōsten (“to roast”), Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

rostir

1. to roast (specifically, to cook on an open fire)
2. to torture by subjecting to fire

• English: roast
• French: rôtir
• → Galician: rustrir

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rostir, supplement)
• “rôtir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Of Germanic origin, cf. Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”). Compare Italian arrostire.

rostir

1. (transitive) to roast

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.