The story
- Sicilian · derived fromtaffoni“holes”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτάφος“tomb”
- 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
Ancient Greekτάφος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.