Where does “truffle” come from?

Truffle comes from French truffe, from Old Occitan trufa, from Latin tuber meaning swelling or lump, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-.

truffle (English): Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber,...

Definitions

  1. Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber,...

Ancestry of “truffle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtruflemockery
2Occitantrufa—
3Vulgar Latintufera—
4Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
5Proto-Italictūβos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “truffle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic tūβos →Every word from Latin tūber →