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Where does “balayer” come from?

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

balayer (French): to sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; To drag on...

Definitions

  1. to sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; To drag on...

Ancestry of “balayer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “balayer”

  • balayage
  • balayeuse
  • balayeuse
  • balayeur
  • balaya
  • balayage
  • balayar
  • balayilo
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