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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

buffalo XVI. prob. immed. — Pg. bufalo (mod. bufaro). corr. to It. bufalo (whence F. buffle) :- late L. bufalus, L. būbalus — Gr. boúbalos antelope, wild ox.

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