Where does “badine” come from?

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

badine (Mauritian Creole): to joke; to trick, wind up

Definitions

  1. to joke; to trick, wind up

Ancestry of “badine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbadinerto jest, joke
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →