Where does “buffet” come from?

buffet (Middle French) comes from Old French buffet, from Old French buffe — blow.

buffet (Middle French): side table

Definitions

  1. side table

Ancestry of “buffet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbuffet—
2Old Frenchbuffeblow

Words derived from “buffet”

Every word from Old French buffe →Every word from Old French buffet →