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Origin:
1350-1400; (v.) ME to(o)sten < MF toster < VL *tostāre, deriv. of L tostus(< *torstos), ptp. of torrēre to parch, roast, from a base *tors-, akin to Goth thaursus, ON thurr dry; (n.) late ME to(o)ste,deriv. of the v.; see torrid, thirst

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