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Where does “censurer” come from?

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

censurer (French): to formally rebuke; to censure; to censor

Definitions

  1. to formally rebuke; to censure; to censor

Ancestry of “censurer”, 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 “censurer”

  • autocensure
  • censure
  • censurer
  • censura
  • cenzura
  • cenzură
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