Where does “tuf” come from?

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

tuf (Romanian): tuff

Definitions

  1. tuff

Ancestry of “tuf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtuftuff
2Italiantufotuff
3Latintōfustuff (kind of rock)
Every word from Latin tōfus →Every word from Italian tufo →Every word from French tuf →
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