Where does “bronzo” come from?
bronzo (Italian) comes from Italian bronzare, from Romanian bronza, from French bronzer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
bronzo (Italian): bronze; first-person singular present indicative...
Definitions
- bronze; first-person singular present indicative...
Ancestry of “bronzo”, step by step
bronzo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian bronzare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 2 | Romanian | bronza | to tan |
| 3 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
via Latin aes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aes | money, pay, fee, fare; copper, bronze, brass;... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | aos | bronze, copper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | ajos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éyos | a metal, copper, bronze |
via Byzantine Greek βροντησίον
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Greek | βροντησίον | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Βρεντήσιον | Brindisi |