The corpus record — Latin

furfur

furfur · m

bran

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Captivi 2 · 2.31/10k
Naturalis Historia 42 · 1.06/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
De Medicina 9 · 0.88/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6 · 0.76/10k
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Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
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What it meant

1. furfur — Lewis & Short

furfur, ŭris (furfŭres, um, m.,

abl. furfuri, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27), and

I bran [reduplicated form, originally for-for; root ghar-; Sanscr. gharshāmi, rub; Gr. xri/w; cf.: far, farina, frio, frico, etc.; v. Corss. Beiträg. p. 206].

I Lit.: qui alunt furfure sues, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27: per cribrum effuso furfure, Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 145: triticum furfure crasso vestitur, id. 18, 30, 73, § 304.—In plur.: hordeacei, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; Col. 12, 44, 3: triticei, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17: excreti modice a farina, Col. 8, 4, 1: furfuribus conspersus panis, Phaedr. 4, 18, 4.—

II Transf., scurf or scales on the skin, the head, etc.: foedo cutis furfure, Plin. 26, 1, 2, § 2.—In plur.: capitis, Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 101: in facie, id. 22, 21, 30, § 64. —In a pun upon the two meanings: ex ipsis dominis meis pugnis exculcabo furfures, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30.

2. furfur — Walde–Hofmann

furfur, -urís m. (f. seit Cels. nach palea, farina usw.) „Balg, Hülse des Getreides und der Hülsenfrüchte; Kleie*; t. t. med. (nach r. títupov, mıruplaaıg) „Kopfausschlag, Kleiengrind* (seit Plaut, rom. f allorom. wie canfabrum, canicae verdrängt durch *órenno- Kleie“], ebenso furfureus „aus Kleie* Gell und -Ariss Inschr.; vgl. noch furfurieula „feine Kleie; Kleiengrind" seit Marc. med. [Merland Orib. 94), … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. furfur, p. 602]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. furfur (scan p. 287; entry #4485).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. furfur (scan p. 602; entry #1191). Root candidates: *gher-.

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