Etymology

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Today it means: A small cave-like feature found in granular rock such as sandstone. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τάφος ← Sicilian taffoni
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The story

  1. Sicilian · derived fromtaffoni“holes”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromτάφος“tomb”
  3. English todaytafone

Perhaps from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”), or perhaps from the Corsican or Sicilian taffoni (“holes”), or tafonare (“to perforate”).

Words from the same roots

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