Where does “fluffy” come from?

Fluffy derives from English fluff plus the Middle English -y suffix, tracing back through Middle French -ie, Latin -ia and -ivus, and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

fluffy (English): Covered with fluff; Light; soft; airy; Warm and...

Definitions

  1. Covered with fluff; Light; soft; airy; Warm and...

Ancestry of “fluffy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos
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