Where does “gauffer” come from?

gauffer (English) comes from French gaufrer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

gauffer (English): To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace; In...

Definitions

  1. To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace; In...

Ancestry of “gauffer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgaufrerto emboss; to goffer
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →