Etymology

buffly

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Today it means: in a buff manner; attractively or muscularly. Full definition →

English buff ← Middle French buffle ← Old French bufle
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The story

  1. Latinbūbalus
  2. Late Latinbufalus
  3. Italianbufalo
  4. Old Frenchbufle
  5. Middle Frenchbuffle
  6. Englishbuffe
  7. Englishbuff
  8. English todaybuffly

From buff + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.