from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”).film, fleece”).

from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish molfell(“soft garment made of hide”) from mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanicfellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic mawwō (“sleeve”) + fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”).