rostir

Catalan

Etymology

Via Old French rostir (“to roast”) from Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast”). Compare Spanish rostir, French rôtir and Italian arrostire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

rostir (first-person singular present rosteixo, first-person singular preterite rostí, past participle rostit)

1. to roast
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn brown due to frost damage (of vegetation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• rostisseria

Further reading

• “rostir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle French

Verb

rostir

1. Alternative form of roustir

Occitan

Etymology

From Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rusˈti/

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Verb

rostir (transitive)

1. to roast

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan (“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.

Verb

rostir

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

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rostir, supplement)
• Etymology and history of “rôtir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hraustjan, *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, see also Old High German rôsten (modern German rösten).

Verb

rostir (first-person singular present rosto, first-person singular preterite rostí, past participle rostido)

1. to roast

Conjugation

Further reading

• “rostir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Etymology

From Old French rostir, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hraustjan, *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan. Compare Italian arrostire; also Old High German rôsten (modern German rösten).

Verb

rostir

1. (transitive) to roast

Conjugation

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