Where does “bronzare” come from?

bronzare (Italian) comes from Italian bronzo, from Latin aes, from Proto-Italic aos, from Proto-Italic ajos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éyos — a metal, copper, bronze.

bronzare (Italian): To bronze

Definitions

  1. To bronze

Ancestry of “bronzare”, step by step

bronzare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian bronzo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbronzobronze; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latinaesmoney, pay, fee, fare; copper, bronze, brass;...
3Proto-Italicaosbronze, copper
4Proto-Italicajos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éyosa metal, copper, bronze

via Romanian bronza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbronzato tan
2Frenchbronzerto tan, brown, catch a tan
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “bronzare”

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