Where does “туф” come from?

туф (Kazakh) comes from Russian туф, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus — tuff (kind of rock).

туф (Kazakh): tufa, tuff

Definitions

  1. tufa, tuff

Ancestry of “туф”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтуфtufa, tuff
2Italiantufotuff
3Latintōfustuff (kind of rock)
Every word from Latin tōfus →Every word from Italian tufo →Every word from Russian туф →