Where does “unpuffing” come from?

unpuffing (English) comes from English puffing, from English puff, from Middle English puff, from Old English pyf — a blast of wind, puff.

unpuffing (English): Not puffing

Definitions

  1. Not puffing

Ancestry of “unpuffing”, step by step

unpuffing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English puffing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpuffingpresent participle of puff; Leaving a car engine...
2EnglishpuffA sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath...
3Middle Englishpuff
4Old Englishpyfa blast of wind, puff

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Old English pyf