1861: rooster, roast, and roster Jan 19, 2020

'Rooster', 'roster' and 'roast' are all related etymologically even if it is not immediately apparent what the root might be. In this case, they all come from the idea of straight lines. For 'roster', a list, and 'roast', which is done on a gridiron with parallel lines, this may be more obvious. For 'rooster', this is became the name comes from a perch for chickens, i.e. a roost.

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