Where does “truffe” come from?

truffe (French) comes 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.

truffe (French): truffle; chocolate truffle; nose of a dog

Definitions

  1. truffle; chocolate truffle; nose of a dog

Ancestry of “truffe”, step by step

truffe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan trufa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantrufa—
2Vulgar Latintufera—
3Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
4Proto-Italictūβos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Occitan trufa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitantrufa—

Words derived from “truffe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic tūβos →Every word from Latin tūber →