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 rustum →Every word from Latin rustia →Every word from Vulgar Latin rustiare →