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
- bronze, bronzen; to bronze
Ancestry of “bronzen”, step by step
bronzen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch brons
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | brons | bronze |
| 2 | Middle French | bronze | — |
| 3 | Italian | bronzo | bronze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 5 | Romanian | bronza | to tan |
| 6 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 7 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 9 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |