Where does “truffière” come from?

truffière (English) comes from French truffière, from French truffe, from Old Occitan trufa, from Vulgar Latin tufera, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

truffière (English): A plot of land cultivated to produce truffles

Definitions

  1. A plot of land cultivated to produce truffles

Ancestry of “truffière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtruffièretruffière
2Frenchtruffetruffle; chocolate truffle; nose of a dog
3Old Occitantrufa—
4Vulgar Latintufera—
5Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
6Proto-Italictūβos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic tūβos →Every word from Latin tūber →