Where does “stuffless” come from?
stuffless (English) comes from English stuff, from Romanian stuf, from Old Frisian stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.
stuffless (English): without unnecessary things
Definitions
- without unnecessary things
Ancestry of “stuffless”, step by step
stuffless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stuff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | stuff | Miscellaneous items or objects; personal... |
| 2 | Romanian | stuf | reed; thatch |
| 3 | Old Frisian | stīf | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stīfaz | stiff, rigid |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |