Where does “bouffon” come from?
bouffon (Middle French) comes from Italian buffone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
bouffon (Middle French): Alternative form of boufon
Definitions
- Alternative form of boufon
Ancestry of “bouffon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | buffone | clown, buffoon, joker, fool; plural of buffona |
| 2 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |