Where does “puffa” come from?

puffa (English) comes from English puff, from Middle English puff, from Old English pyf — a blast of wind, puff.

puffa (English): A kind of shiny padded jacket

Definitions

  1. A kind of shiny padded jacket

Ancestry of “puffa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpuffA sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath...
2Middle Englishpuff—
3Old Englishpyfa blast of wind, puff
Every word from Old English pyf →