The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰur-
- Latin · derived fromfurfur“bran”
- English todayfurfur
From Latin furfur (“bran”), reduplication of *fur, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-, metathesis of *gʰrus- (compare Lithuanian grū́sti (“to grind (barley)”), Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin, husk”)).
Words from the same roots
Latinfurfur all →
furfuraceousfurfuration
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.