Where does “remblai” come from?

remblai (English) comes from French remblai, from French remblayer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

remblai (English): earth or materials made into a bank after having...

Definitions

  1. earth or materials made into a bank after having...

Ancestry of “remblai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchremblaiembankment; landfill
2Frenchremblayerto fill in or backfill
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →