Where does “toasta” come from?

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

toasta (Romanian): to toast

Definitions

  1. to toast

Ancestry of “toasta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtoasterto toast
2EnglishtoastToasted bread; A proposed salutation while...
3Middle EnglishtostenTo toast; to brown bread; To burn or heat
4Old Frenchtosterto roast, grill
5Latintostusroasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;...
6Proto-Italic*torstos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *torstos →Every word from Latin tostus →Every word from Old French toster →