Where does “balayeuse” come from?

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

balayeuse (French): female equivalent of balayeur; street sweeper;...

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of balayeur; street sweeper;...

Ancestry of “balayeuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbalayerto sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; To drag on...
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “balayeuse”

Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →