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Where does “ladystuff” come from?

ladystuff (English) comes from English lady, from Middle English lady, from Old English hlǣfdīġe, from Old English hlāf, from Proto-West Germanic hlaib, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

ladystuff (English): Products designed for and/or marketed toward...

Definitions

  1. Products designed for and/or marketed toward...

Ancestry of “ladystuff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishladyThe mistress of a household; A woman of breeding...
2Middle Englishladylady
3Old Englishhlǣfdīġebread-kneader; mistress of a household, wife of a...
4Old Englishhlāfbread, loaf; bread, loaf, morsel; loaf, cake,...
5Proto-West Germanichlaibbread, loaf
6Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
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