Where does “buffé” come from?

buffé (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French buffet, from Middle French bufet, from Old French bufet, from Old French buffe — blow.

buffé (Norwegian Nynorsk): sideboard, or buffet (US); dining room furniture containing table linen and services

Definitions

  1. sideboard, or buffet (US); dining room furniture containing table linen and services

Ancestry of “buffé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbuffetsideboard, dresser; buffet
2Middle Frenchbufet—
3Old Frenchbufet—
4Old Frenchbuffeblow
Every word from Old French buffe →Every word from Old French bufet →Every word from Middle French bufet →