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Where does “bronzeware” come from?

bronzeware (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...

bronzeware (English): Articles made from bronze, treated as a group

Definitions

  1. Articles made from bronze, treated as a group

Ancestry of “bronzeware”, 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...
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