Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “bronse” come from?

bronse (Danish) comes from French bronze, from Italian bronzo, from Italian bronzare, from Romanian bronza, from French bronzer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

Ancestry of “bronse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbronzebronze
2Italianbronzobronze; first-person singular present indicative...
3ItalianbronzareTo bronze
4Romanianbronza—
5Frenchbronzerto tan, brown, catch a tan
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
8Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “bronse”

  • brons
  • bronsöld
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