Where does “bronsealder” come from?
bronsealder (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk bronse, from French bronze, from Italian bronzo, from Italian bronzare, from Romanian bronza, from French bronzer, from French -er, from Middle French -er — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
bronsealder (Norwegian Nynorsk): Bronze Age
Ancestry of “bronsealder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | bronse | bronze; bronze medal |
| 2 | French | bronze | bronze |
| 3 | Italian | bronzo | bronze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 5 | Romanian | bronza | — |
| 6 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 7 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 9 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |