Where does “bouffant” come from?

bouffant (English) comes from French bouffer, from Old French bouffer, from Medieval Latin buffa.

bouffant (English): Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed...

Definitions

  1. Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed...

Ancestry of “bouffant”, step by step

bouffant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bouffer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboufferto eat; to eat, to worry; to consume in excess
2Old Frenchboufferto puff up; to blow
3Medieval Latinbuffa—

via French bouffant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbouffantpresent participle of bouffer

Words derived from “bouffant”

Every word from Medieval Latin buffa →Every word from Old French bouffer →Every word from French bouffer →
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