The story
- Latin · derived fromtōfus
- Italian · borrowed fromtufo
- English todaytufa
From Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus or tōphus. Doublet of tuff.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tufa
Today it means: Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring. Full definition →
Italian tufo ← Latin tōfus