Where does “coiffer” come from?

coiffer (French) comes from French coiffe, from Middle French coiffe, from Ecclesiastical Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic kuffju, from Proto-Germanic kupjō — cap.

coiffer (French): To cover the head; To give a haircut; to do the...

Definitions

  1. To cover the head; To give a haircut; to do the...

Ancestry of “coiffer”, step by step

coiffer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French coiffe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoiffecoif; inflection of coiffer: ## first-person...
2Middle Frenchcoiffecoif
3Ecclesiastical Latincofia—
4Proto-West Germanickuffjucap, crest
5Proto-Germanickupjōcap

via Old French coife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoife—
2Late Latincofiabonnet

Words derived from “coiffer”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kupjō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kuffju →Every word from Ecclesiastical Latin cofia →