Where does “bronzist” come from?

bronzist (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...

bronzist (English): One who makes, collects, or deals in bronzes

Definitions

  1. One who makes, collects, or deals in bronzes

Ancestry of “bronzist”, step by step

bronzist 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 ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Old French -ier