Where does “biffure” come from?

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

biffure (French): crossing-out

Definitions

  1. crossing-out

Ancestry of “biffure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbifferto cross out, strike through; to cancel, annul
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old 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 →