Where does “buffetto” come from?

buffetto (Italian) comes from French buffe, from German puffen, from Middle High German buffen.

buffetto (Italian): flick, chuck, cuff; tweak

Definitions

  1. flick, chuck, cuff; tweak

Ancestry of “buffetto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbuffe—
2Germanpuffento puff; to nudge
3Middle High Germanbuffen—
Every word from Middle High German buffen →Every word from German puffen →Every word from French buffe →