camuffare
Italian (Fiorentino)
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To disguise.
- (transitive) To hide.
Etymology
Affix from Italian capo (head, principal) + Italian muffare derived from Latin muffula derived from Frankish *molfell (soft garment made of hide) derived from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (mild, tender, soft, gentle).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mildijaz
Gloss
mild, tender, soft, gentle
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
軟
Emoji
🍦 🔈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- camouflage English
- *capum Latin
- muffla, muffula Latin
- muffula Latin
- Camouflage German
- Kapo German
- camouflieren German
- kamuflázs Hungarian
- Capodimonte Italian
- appoggiacapo Italian
- camuffamento Italian
- caparra Italian
- capata Italian
- capeggiare Italian
- capirossa Italian
- capo Italian
- capodecina Italian
- capofitto Italian
- capolino Italian
- capone Italian
- caposardina Italian
- capriccio Italian
- copricapo Italian
- muffare Italian
- scamuffare Italian
- sopraccapo Italian
- sottocapo Italian
- vicecapo Italian
- camouflage Dutch, Flemish
- camoufleren Dutch, Flemish
- camouflage French
- camoufler French
- moufle French
- камуфля́ж Russian
- камуфляж Russian
- camuflaje Spanish, Castilian
- capo Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *meldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- kamuflasje Norwegian Bokmål
- kamuflere Norwegian Bokmål
- *fellą Proto-Germanic
- *mildijaz Proto-Germanic
- *mildisjō Proto-Germanic
- kamuflaż Polish
- kamuflasje Norwegian Nynorsk
- milde Old English
- mildr Old Norse
- enmoufler Old French
- mofle Old French
- moufle Old French
- καμουφλάζ Greek (modern)
- mule Middle Dutch
- milti Old High German
- kamuflaj Turkish
- moufle Middle French
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- mildi Old Dutch
- *molfell Frankish
- *muffël Frankish
- milde Old Frisian
- kamouflaj Haitian, Haitian Creole