camouflage

camouflage
camouflage 1917, from Fr. camoufler, Parisian slang, "to disguise," from It. camuffare "to disguise," perhaps a contraction of capo muffare "to muffle the head." Probably altered by Fr. camouflet "puff of smoke," on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting.

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