Where does “truffa” come from?

truffa (Italian) comes from Old Occitan trufa, from Vulgar Latin tufera, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

truffa (Italian): fraud, swindle, scam; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. fraud, swindle, scam; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “truffa”, step by step

truffa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan trufa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantrufa—
2Vulgar Latintufera—
3Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
4Proto-Italictūβos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Old French trufe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrufe—

Words derived from “truffa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic tūβos →Every word from Latin tūber →