Where does “tufa” come from?
Tufa comes from Italian tufo, from Latin tophus, a porous volcanic rock used in building.
tufa (English): Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a...
Definitions
- Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a...
Ancestry of “tufa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | tufo | tuff |
| 2 | Latin | tōfus | — |
Words derived from “tufa”