Where does “gaffe” come from?

gaffe (Middle English) comes from Old French gaffe, from Occitan gaf.

Ancestry of “gaffe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgaffe—
2Occitangaf—

Words derived from “gaffe”

Every word from Occitan gaf →
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