Where does “trufo” come from?

trufo (Esperanto) comes 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.

trufo (Esperanto): truffle

Definitions

  1. truffle

Ancestry of “trufo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtruffetruffle; chocolate truffle; nose of a dog
2Old Occitantrufa—
3Vulgar Latintufera—
4Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
5Proto-Italictūβos—
6Proto-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 →