Middle French

Verb

rostir

1. Alternative form of roustir

Old French

Etymology

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.

Verb

rostir

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

Descendants

• English: roast
• French: rôtir

References

• (fr) 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).

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian arrostire.

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.