Where does “asado” come from?
asado (Spanish) comes from Latin assatus, from Latin asso, from Latin assus, from Latin as — An as; a Roman coin originally made of bronze and...
asado (Spanish): roast
Definitions
- roast
Ancestry of “asado”, step by step
asado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin assatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | assatus | roasted |
| 2 | Latin | asso | I roast, broil |
| 3 | Latin | assus | roasted, baked; dried |
| 4 | Latin | as | An as; a Roman coin originally made of bronze and... |
via Spanish asar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | asar | to roast; to pester, to plague; to be roasting,... |