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Where does “tuff” come from?

Tuff comes from French tuffe, from Italian tufo, from Latin tophus, a porous volcanic rock.

tuff (English): A light porous rock, now especially a rock...

Definitions

  1. A light porous rock, now especially a rock...

Ancestry of “tuff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtuftuff
2Italiantufotuff
3Latintōfus—

Words derived from “tuff”

  • tuffaceous
  • metatuff
Every word from Latin tōfus →