Where does “spliff” come from?

spliff (English) comes from English split, from Middle Low German splitten, from Middle Low German splīten.

spliff (English): A cannabis cigarette

Definitions

  1. A cannabis cigarette

Ancestry of “spliff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsplitDivided; Having the middle group equal to the...
2Middle Low Germansplittento split
3Middle Low Germansplīten—

Words derived from “spliff”

Every word from Middle Low German splīten →Every word from Middle Low German splitten →Every word from English split →
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