Where does “mofette” come from?

mofette (French) comes from Italian mofeta, from Latin Mephitis — mephitis a poisonous or pestilential gas from the ground, e.g. from swamps or volcanoes.

mofette (French): mofetta

Definitions

  1. mofetta

Ancestry of “mofette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmofetamofetta
2LatinMephitismephitis a poisonous or pestilential gas from the ground, e.g. from swamps or volcanoes
Every word from Latin Mephitis →Every word from Italian mofeta →