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Where does “cenzura” come from?

cenzura (Romanian) comes from French censurer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

cenzura (Romanian): censorship; third-person singular simple perfect...

Definitions

  1. censorship; third-person singular simple perfect...

Ancestry of “cenzura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcensurerto formally rebuke; to censure; to censor
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
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