English

lodestuff

lode + stuff

A compound of lode + stuff

Proto-Indo-European *loyt-éh₂-

Proto-Germanic *laidō ‘a leading’

Proto-West Germanic *laidu

Old English lād ‘way, course, journey’

English lode

Latin stuffa

Middle English stuf

English stuff

Today it means

noun The material found in a lode, including gangue and ore.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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