Where does “buffet” come from?

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

buffet (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 “buffet”, 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 →