Where does “coiffe” come from?
coiffe (Middle French) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic kuffju, from Proto-Germanic kupjō — cap.
coiffe (Middle French): coif
Ancestry of “coiffe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ecclesiastical Latin | cofia | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kuffju | cap, crest |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kupjō | cap |
Words derived from “coiffe”