Where does “puzzle” come from?

puzzle (Portuguese) comes from English puzzle — Anything that is difficult to understand or make...

puzzle (Portuguese): jigsaw puzzle

Definitions

  1. jigsaw puzzle

Ancestry of “puzzle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpuzzleAnything that is difficult to understand or make...
Every word from English puzzle
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