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Where does “mofette” come from?

mofette (French) comes from Italian mofeta, from Latin Mephitis.

mofette (French): mofetta

Definitions

  1. mofetta

Ancestry of “mofette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmofetamofetta
2LatinMephitis—
Every word from Latin Mephitis →