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Where does “bronzen” come from?

bronzen (Dutch) comes from Dutch brons, from Middle French bronze, from Italian bronzo, from Italian bronzare, from Romanian bronza, from French bronzer, from French -er, from Middle French -er — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

bronzen (Dutch): bronze, bronzen; to bronze

Definitions

  1. bronze, bronzen; to bronze

Ancestry of “bronzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbronsbronze
2Middle Frenchbronze—
3Italianbronzobronze; first-person singular present indicative...
4ItalianbronzareTo bronze
5Romanianbronza—
6Frenchbronzerto tan, brown, catch a tan
7French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
8Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
9Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
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