Where does “Fluffy” come from?

Fluffy is an English adjective formed from fluff with the suffix -y, tracing back through Middle French -ie and Latin -ia and -ivus to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Fluffy (English): Covered with fluff

Definitions

  1. Covered with fluff

Ancestry of “Fluffy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluffAnything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur,...
2Englishfloowwoolly substance, down, nap, lint

Words derived from “Fluffy”

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