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

bronze medallist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bronze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbronzeA naturally occurring or man-made alloy of...
2Frenchbronzebronze metal, work of art
3Italianbronzobronze; first-person singular present indicative...
4ItalianbronzareTo bronze
5Romanianbronzato tan
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...

via English medallist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmedallistAlternative spelling of medalist
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from English bronze