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camuffare
Italian · medieval
"to disguise"
meaning "to disguise"
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camoufler
French · 1800s
"to disguise, to puff smoke in someone's face"
adopted into French theatrical and slang usage
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camouflage
English · 1917
"disguise or concealment through coloring and pattern"
adopted during World War I for military concealment techniques
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