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Where does “bistrer” come from?

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

bistrer (French): to darken, blacken; to be mesmerized

Definitions

  1. to darken, blacken; to be mesmerized

Ancestry of “bistrer”, 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 “bistrer”

  • bister
  • bistre
  • bistro
  • bistre
  • bistrer
  • bistrage
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