Where does “bronza” come from?
bronza (Romanian) comes from French bronzer, from French bronze, from Italian bronzo, from Italian bronzare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “bronza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 2 | French | bronze | bronze |
| 3 | Italian | bronzo | bronze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 5 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |