Where does “blanchâtre” come from?

blanchâtre (French) comes from French -âtre, from Latin -astrum, from Latin -aster — pater + API → patraster.

blanchâtre (French): whitish

Definitions

  1. whitish

Ancestry of “blanchâtre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-âtre-ish; Used to form pejoratives
2Latin-astrum—
3Latin-asterpater + API → patraster
Every word from Latin -aster →Every word from French -âtre →Every word from Latin -astrum →
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