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Where does “coffre” come from?
coffre (Old French) comes from Latin cophinus, from Ancient Greek κόφινος — basket.
Ancestry of “coffre”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
cophinus
A hamper, basket
2
Ancient Greek
κόφινος
basket
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