Where does “Buffet” come from?

Buffet (German) comes from French buffet, from Middle French bufet, from Old French bufet, from Old French buffe — blow.

Buffet (German): buffet; sideboard, buffet

Definitions

  1. buffet; sideboard, buffet

Ancestry of “Buffet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbuffetsideboard, dresser; buffet
2Middle Frenchbufet—
3Old Frenchbufet—
4Old Frenchbuffeblow
Every word from Old French buffe →Every word from Old French bufet →Every word from Middle French bufet →