Stuff
/stʌf/noun
Material, objects, or things of unspecified kind; also to fill or pack tightly.
Did you know?“Stuff” is an old Germanic word family, and its sense of “to fill tightly” gave English one of its most casually used words for almost anything at all.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*stuppōną / *stufaz
“to stuff, cram, or pad; something thick or padded”
Old English
OE
stufian
“to cram or fill tightly”
Middle English
ME
stuf
“material used to fill, padding, or equipment”
14th Century
English
stuff
“material, belongings, or filling”
Modern English
English
stuff
“a general word for things, material, or to pack tightly”