Where does “toost” come from?

toost (Dutch) comes from English toast, from Middle English tosten, from Old French toster, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.

toost (Dutch): drink toast

Definitions

  1. drink toast

Ancestry of “toost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoastToasted bread; A proposed salutation while...
2Middle EnglishtostenTo toast; to brown bread; To burn or heat
3Old Frenchtosterto roast, grill
4Latintostusroasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;...
5Proto-Italic*torstos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *torstos →Every word from Latin tostus →Every word from Old French toster →
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