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Where does “unstuffed” come from?

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

unstuffed (English): Not stuffed

Definitions

  1. Not stuffed

Ancestry of “unstuffed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstuffedsimple past tense and past participle of stuff;...
2EnglishstuffMiscellaneous items or objects; personal...
3Romanianstufreed; thatch
4Old Frisianstīf—
5Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →