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Where does “bronse” come from?

bronse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Italian bronzo, 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...

bronse (Norwegian Bokmål): bronze; a bronze medal

Definitions

  1. bronze; a bronze medal

Ancestry of “bronse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbronzobronze; first-person singular present indicative...
2ItalianbronzareTo bronze
3Romanianbronza—
4Frenchbronzerto tan, brown, catch a tan
5French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
6Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
7Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “bronse”

  • bronsealder
Every word from Old French -ier →