Etymology

roster

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Today it means: A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class. Full definition →

Dutch rooster ← Middle Dutch roosten
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromroosten“to roast”
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromrooster“gridiron, table, list”
  3. English todayroster

Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

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