Etymology of the English word roister
the English word
roisterderived from the Old French word
rustrederived from the Old French word
rustederived from the Latin word
rusticus (country, rural; plain; peasant, farmer)
derived from the Late Latin word
rus (country, farm)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*reuə-derived from the Middle Dutch word
rüteDate
The earliest known usage of roister in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Obsolete English, Modern English
