cuff
English
/kʌf/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) glove; mitten
- the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist
- the end of a pants leg, folded up
- (informal) handcuffs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cuffe (glove) inherited from Old English cuffie (hood, cap) derived from Latin cofia derived from Frankish *kuf(f)ja (headdress) derived from *kuffju derived from Proto-Germanic *kupjō (cap).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kupjō
Gloss
cap
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🎓️ 👲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cuff English
- countercuff English
- cuffer English
- cuffless English
- cufflessness English
- cufflike English
- cufflink English
- cufflinked English
- fist English
- fisticuff English
- fisticuffer English
- hand English
- handcuff English
- handcuffs English
- intracuff English
- leg English
- legcuff English
- link English
- tail English
- tailcuff English
- uncuff English
- unhandcuff English
- windcuffer English
- cofia Latin
- cuffia Italian
- cofia Spanish, Castilian
- *kupjō Proto-Germanic
- *kuppijǭ Proto-Germanic
- カフ Japanese
- cuffie Old English
- handcops Old English
- cuffe Middle English
- handcops Middle English
- coife Old French
- cofia Galician
- cwffio Welsh
- coiffe Middle French
- *kuffju gmw-pro
- *koymo- Proto-Celtic
- *kuf(f)ja Frankish
- *kuffju gmw