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soffit (n.)
architectural term referring to under-faces, 1610s, from Italian
soffita
, fem. of
soffitto
"ceiling," noun use of adjective meaning "fixed beneath," from Vulgar Latin
*suffictus
"fastened below," from Latin
suffixus
(see
suffix
(n.)).
