Where does “tuf” come from?

tuf (Polish) comes from English tuff, from French tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus — tuff (kind of rock).

tuf (Polish): tuff

Definitions

  1. tuff

Ancestry of “tuf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtuffA light porous rock, now especially a rock...
2Frenchtuftuff
3Italiantufotuff
4Latintōfustuff (kind of rock)
Every word from Latin tōfus →Every word from Italian tufo →Every word from French tuf →