Where does “bife” come from?

bife (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French buffet, from Middle French bufet, from Old French bufet, from Old French buffe — blow.

bife (Serbo-Croatian): buffet

Definitions

  1. buffet

Ancestry of “bife”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbuffetsideboard, dresser; buffet
2Middle Frenchbufet—
3Old Frenchbufet—
4Old Frenchbuffeblow
Every word from Old French buffe →Every word from Old French bufet →Every word from Middle French bufet →
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