Where does “bluff” come from?

bluff (Polish) comes from French bluff, from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.

Ancestry of “bluff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbluffbluff
2EnglishbluffAn act of bluffing; a false expression of the...
3Dutchbluffento bluff
4Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff

Words derived from “bluff”

Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen →Every word from Dutch bluffen →Every word from English bluff →