broil

Meanings

Verb

• To cook by direct, radiant heat.
• To expose to great heat.
• To be exposed to great heat.

Noun

• Food prepared by broiling.

Origin

• Middle English broillen, brulen, from Anglo-Norman bruiller, broiller, Old French brusler, bruller, a blend of two Old French verbs:
• bruir, from Frankish *brōan
• usler, from Latin ustulō
• Middle English broilen ("to quarrel, present in disorder"), from Anglo-Norman broiller ("to mix up"), from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre ("to jumble together") from *brodum, from Frankish *broþ ("broth"), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą ("broth").