Where does “semi-bluff” come from?

semi-bluff (English) comes from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.

semi-bluff (English): A type of bluff where the bluffer believes that...

Definitions

  1. A type of bluff where the bluffer believes that...

Ancestry of “semi-bluff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbluffAn act of bluffing; a false expression of the...
2Dutchbluffento bluff
3Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff
Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen →Every word from Dutch bluffen →Every word from English bluff →