Where does “estompare” come from?

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

estompare (Romanian): blur, dim

Definitions

  1. blur, dim

Ancestry of “estompare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianestompato blur, to dim
2Frenchestomperto blur
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 -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →