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Where does “agrifoodstuff” come from?

agrifoodstuff (English) comes from English foodstuff, from English stuff, from Romanian stuf, from Old Frisian stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

agrifoodstuff (English): Any foodstuff produced agriculturally

Definitions

  1. Any foodstuff produced agriculturally

Ancestry of “agrifoodstuff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfoodstuffA material that may be used as food
2EnglishstuffMiscellaneous items or objects; personal...
3Romanianstufreed; thatch
4Old Frisianstīf—
5Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →