Where does “jasper” come from?

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

jasper (French): apply different colors of paint flowing together...

Definitions

  1. apply different colors of paint flowing together...

Ancestry of “jasper”, 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...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →