Where does “mouffette” come from?

mouffette (French) comes from Italian moffetta, from Italian muffa — mould, mildew; noble rot, "Botrytis cinerea".

mouffette (French): skunk

Definitions

  1. skunk

Ancestry of “mouffette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmoffettaskunk
2Italianmuffamould, mildew; noble rot, "Botrytis cinerea"

Words derived from “mouffette”

Every word from Italian muffa →Every word from Italian moffetta →
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