Where does “rosser” come from?

rosser (French) comes from Old French roissier, from Vulgar Latin rustiare, from Latin rustia, from Late Latin rustum.

rosser (French): to beat; to hammer, to thrash, to defeat

Definitions

  1. to beat; to hammer, to thrash, to defeat

Ancestry of “rosser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchroissier
2Vulgar Latinrustiare
3Latinrustia
4Late Latinrustum

Words derived from “rosser

Every word from Late Latin rustumEvery word from Latin rustiaEvery word from Vulgar Latin rustiare