Etymograph

English

truffière

Truffière comes from French truffe ‘truffle’, and goes back to Latin tuber.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtuber
  2. Old Occitanc. 950–1500trufa
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presenttruffe‘truffle’
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttruffière
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2005same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtuber
  2. Old Occitanc. 950–1500trufa
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presenttruffe‘truffle’
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttruffière
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2005same form

Earliest quotation: 2005, Gareth Renowden: “As a result, interest developed quickly, and there are…”

Linked words

through Latin tuber

tuberculosis, tuber, 8 more

Today it means

noun A plot of land cultivated to produce truffles.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin tuber / truffière

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