Where does “trufă” come from?

trufă (Romanian) comes from French truffe, from Old Occitan trufa, from Vulgar Latin tufera, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

trufă (Romanian): truffle; arrogance, pride, haughtiness

Definitions

  1. truffle; arrogance, pride, haughtiness

Ancestry of “trufă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtruffetruffle; chocolate truffle; nose of a dog
2Old Occitantrufa—
3Vulgar Latintufera—
4Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
5Proto-Italictūβos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “trufă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic tūβos →Every word from Latin tūber →