Where does “badinn” come from?

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

badinn (Mauritian Creole): cane, walking stick

Definitions

  1. cane, walking stick

Ancestry of “badinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbadinefeminine singular of badin; switch; a small bendy...
2Frenchbadinerto jest, joke
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from Middle French -er