Where does “truffe” come from?
truffe (Italian) comes from Italian truffa, 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.
truffe (Italian): plural of truffa
Ancestry of “truffe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | truffa | fraud, swindle, scam; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Old Occitan | trufa | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tufera | — |
| 4 | Latin | tūber | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |