Where does “bluffa” come from?

bluffa (Italian) comes from Italian bluffare, from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.

bluffa (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “bluffa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbluffareto bluff
2EnglishbluffAn act of bluffing; a false expression of the...
3Dutchbluffento bluff
4Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff
Every word from Middle Dutch bluffenEvery word from Dutch bluffenEvery word from English bluff