Where does “buffo” come from?

buffo (Italian) comes from Italian puf, from French pouf — pouffe; a girl of bad conduct; poof.

buffo (Italian): funny, comical, amusing; strange, odd, goofy;...

Definitions

  1. funny, comical, amusing; strange, odd, goofy;...

Ancestry of “buffo”, step by step

buffo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian puf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpufbeanbag; pouf
2Frenchpoufpouffe; a girl of bad conduct; poof

via Medieval Latin buffa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbuffa—

Words derived from “buffo”

Every word from French pouf →Every word from Italian puf →