moufle
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French moufle, from Old French mofle (“thick glove”), from Medieval Latin muffula (817, Carolingian), a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”), from *mol (“softened, forworn”) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“tender, soft”) + *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Compare modern Dutch moffel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmoufle f (plural moufles)
References
edit- A. Brachet (1868) An etymological dictionary of the French language (in French)
Further reading
edit- “moufle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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