Puffed
/pʌft/noun
Simple past tense and past participle of puff, meaning to blow air out or to swell up with air.
Did you know?Puff comes from an expressive sound-imitative root, and its older relatives helped shape words for sudden bursts of air and swelling motion across Germanic languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*puffōną
“to blow, puff out”
Old English
OE
pyffan
“to puff, blow”
Middle English
ME
puffen
“to blow in short breaths; to swell or expand”
Modern English
English
puff
“to blow air out; a short burst of breath or smoke”
Modern English
English
puffed
“blown out, swollen, or breathing hard”