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Where does “pralinare” come from?

pralinare (Italian) comes from Italian pralina, from French praliné, from French praliner, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

pralinare (Italian): To coat with caramelized sugar or chocolate

Definitions

  1. To coat with caramelized sugar or chocolate

Ancestry of “pralinare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpralinapraline; inflection of pralinare: ## third-person...
2Frenchpralinéprepared using a preparation of crushed pralines;...
3Frenchpralinerto coat with caramelized sugar; to coat young...
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
6Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →