barbecued

the word 'barbecue' originates from the spanish 'barbacoa', which itself was borrowed from the arawakan language of the taíno people of the caribbean. the taíno word referred to a framework of sticks set upon posts, used for sleeping or for curing meat over a fire. entering english in the 17th century, it evolved to specifically denote the method of cooking meat over an open fire or hot coals. the '-ed' suffix is a common english inflection used to form the past tense and past participle of verbs, and by extension, adjectives describing something that has undergone the action, thus 'barbecued' literally means 'having been cooked on a barbecue'.

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