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Where does “bufanda” come from?

bufanda (Catalan) comes from Spanish bufanda, from Old French bouffante, from Old French bouffer, from Medieval Latin buffa.

bufanda (Catalan): scarf

Definitions

  1. scarf

Ancestry of “bufanda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbufandascarf
2Old Frenchbouffante—
3Old Frenchboufferto puff up; to blow
4Medieval Latinbuffa—
Every word from Medieval Latin buffa →