Where does “bluff” come from?

bluff (Danish) comes from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.

bluff (Danish): bluff

Definitions

  1. bluff

Ancestry of “bluff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbluffAn act of bluffing; a false expression of the...
2Dutchbluffento bluff
3Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff
Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen →Every word from Dutch bluffen →Every word from English bluff →
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