Where does “bufo” come from?

bufo (Portuguese) comes from Italian buffo, from Italian puf, from French pouf — pouffe; a girl of bad conduct; poof.

bufo (Portuguese): Eurasian eagle owl; police informant; comical or...

Definitions

  1. Eurasian eagle owl; police informant; comical or...

Ancestry of “bufo”, step by step

bufo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian buffo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbuffofunny, comical, amusing; strange, odd, goofy;...
2Italianpufbeanbag; pouf
3Frenchpoufpouffe; a girl of bad conduct; poof

via Old Portuguese bufo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebufo—
2Latinbufusowl
Every word from French pouf →Every word from Italian puf →Every word from Italian buffo →