Where does “mufetă” come from?

mufetă (Romanian) comes from French mouffette, from Italian moffetta, from Italian muffa — mould, mildew; noble rot, "Botrytis cinerea".

mufetă (Romanian): skunk

Definitions

  1. skunk

Ancestry of “mufetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmouffetteskunk
2Italianmoffettaskunk
3Italianmuffamould, mildew; noble rot, "Botrytis cinerea"
Every word from Italian muffa →