Etymology Explorer
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Where does “caf” come from?
caf (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kaf, from Proto-West Germanic kaf — chaff.
Ancestry of “caf”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
kaf
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2
Proto-West Germanic
kaf
chaff
Words derived from “caf”
kaf
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