Etymology

tuff

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Today it means: A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel. Full definition →

French tuf ← Italian tufo ← Latin tōfus
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tuff · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*tūβos
  3. Latintōfus
  4. Italiantufo
  5. Frenchtuf
  6. English todaytuff

From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.

tuff · adjective2

Eye dialect of tough.

Words from the same roots

Italiantufo all →

tufa

Latintōfus all →

tufa

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