Where does “Toffee” come from?

Toffee (German) comes from English toffee, from English Taffy, from Welsh Dafydd, from Middle Welsh Dauyð, from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ, from Hebrew דָּוִד.

Toffee (German): toffee

Definitions

  1. toffee

Ancestry of “Toffee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoffeeA type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
2EnglishTaffyA Welshman
3WelshDafyddDavid
4Middle WelshDauyð—
5LatinDavidDavid
6Ancient GreekΔαυίδDavid
7Hebrewדָּוִד—
Every word from Hebrew דָּוִד →