On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 13:00:18 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, cshenk1
says...
>>
>> Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:20:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >"Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> > > ...
>> > > >
>> > >> Just a small comment here ... when I was talking to MrD I said
>> > >> 'grill/broiler' to make it more clear, because I knew the general
>> > word. >> Using your own description without knowing the US
>> > equivalent is not a >> matter for reprimand or humiliation.
>> > > >
>> > > I would have no clue what a grill/broiler was. To me, a grill is
>> > > something you put food on. You put food under a broiler.
>> >
>> > I'd think a grill is something you put food under, not on. Broiler
>> > sounds foreign and American to me. I'd have to guess a bit.
>>
>> I think it's actually French?
>
> Nope. It's an anglicisation of the French verb bruler, to burn or
>scorch.

So it's actually French.

--
Bruce