Stuff etymology

English

English word stuff comes from Proto-Indo-European *stHb-, Malayalam stuppo, Frankish *stopfôn, and later Old High German stoffon (To stop, halt. To stuff, insert.)

Detailed word origin of stuff

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*stHb- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
stuppo Malayalam (mal)
*stopfôn Frankish (frk)
*stuppijaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*stoppon Frankish (frk)
*stoffōn Old High German (goh)
stoffon Old High German (goh) To stop, halt. To stuff, insert.
estoffer Old French (fro) To decorate, garnish.
stuffen Middle English (enm)
stuff English (en) (pronominal, idiomatic) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.. (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.. (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.. (transitive) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.. [...]

Words with the same origin as stuff

Descendants of *stHb-

stop