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Where does “bronze medallist” come from?

bronze medallist (English) comes from English bronze, from 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...

bronze medallist (English): alternative form of bronze medalist

Definitions

  1. alternative form of bronze medalist

Ancestry of “bronze medallist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbronzeA naturally occurring or man-made alloy of...
2Frenchbronzebronze
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...
Every word from Old French -ier →