Where does “balaya” come from?
balaya (French) comes from French balayer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
balaya (French): third-person singular past historic of balayer
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of balayer
Ancestry of “balaya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | balayer | to sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; To drag on... |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |