Where does “rôt” come from?

rôt (French) comes from French rôtir, from Middle French roustir, from Old French rostir, from Frankish rōstjan, from Proto-Germanic raustijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews-.

rôt (French): meat roasted on a spit

Definitions

  1. meat roasted on a spit

Ancestry of “rôt”, step by step

rôt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French rôtir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrôtirto roast
2Middle Frenchroustirto roast
3Old Frenchrostirto roast; to torture by subjecting to fire
4Frankishrōstjanto roast
5Proto-Germanicraustijanąto roast
6Proto-Indo-European*Hrews-—

via Latin ructus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinructusbelch, belching
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic raustijaną →Every word from Frankish rōstjan →