stuff

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 437 words | Copyright

stuff †equipment, stock; material. XIV. ME. stof(fe), stuff(e) — OF. estoffe (mod. étoffe), perh. f. estoffer (étoffer) vb. — Gmc. *stopfōn (G. stopfen) — late L. stuppāre plug. STOP up (implied in stuppator caulker), f. stuppa tow, oakum.
So stuff vb. †furnish XIV; line, fill (out) XV. — OF. estoffer. Hence stuffy (-Y1) †full of substance XVI; (of air) close XIX.

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