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Where does the word "roti" come from? It comes from Sanskrit/Hindi roti, and was adopted directly into English (1800s).
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Where does the word "roti" come from? It comes from Sanskrit/Hindi roti, and was adopted directly into English (1800s).
Roti’s story begins in Sanskrit/Hindi: roti meant “bread.” Bread, the general word for South Asian flatbread. It reached English by 1800s as roti. Indentured Indian workers brought roti to Trinidad and the Caribbean. Today, roti means an unleavened flatbread, a staple of South Asian cuisine.
- Stage 1 · Sanskrit/Hindi · ancient roti "bread", bread, the general word for South Asian flatbread.
- Stage 2 · English · 1800s roti "an unleavened South Asian flatbread", indentured Indian workers brought roti to Trinidad and the Caribbean.