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.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*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.. [...] |