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Where does “censura” come from?

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

censura (French): third-person singular past historic of censurer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of censurer

Ancestry of “censura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcensurerto formally rebuke; to censure; to censor
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
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