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–noun Architecture.
the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice.
Origin:
1605–15; < F soffite < It soffitto < VL *suffīctus, for L suffīxus; see suffix
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sof·fit   (sŏf'ĭt)   
n.  The underside of a structural component, such as a beam, arch, staircase, or cornice.

[French soffite, from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, past participle of suffīgere, to fasten beneath; see suffix.]
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soffit 
1613, from It. soffita, fem. of soffitto "ceiling," originally "fixed beneath," from L. sub- "under" + pp. of figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix).
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