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Where does “pomponner” come from?

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

pomponner (French): to primp, titivate, prettify

Definitions

  1. to primp, titivate, prettify

Ancestry of “pomponner”, 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 “pomponner”

  • pomponnable
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