Where does “tuf” come from?

tuf (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus — tuff (kind of rock).

tuf (Serbo-Croatian): tuff, tufa

Definitions

  1. tuff, tufa

Ancestry of “tuf”, step by step

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