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Where does “balayar” come from?

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

balayar (Ido): to sweep

Definitions

  1. to sweep

Ancestry of “balayar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbalayerto sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; To drag on...
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “balayar”

  • balayilo
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