Where does “bifare” come from?

bifare (Romanian) comes from Icelandic bifa, from French biffer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

bifare (Romanian): checkmarking

Definitions

  1. checkmarking

Ancestry of “bifare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbifato budge
2Frenchbifferto cross out, strike through; to cancel, annul
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