Etymology of the English word stubble
the English word
stubblederived from the Old French word
estublederived from the Vulgar Latin word
stupuladerived from the Latin word
stipula (stalk; stubble; straw)
Date
The earliest known usage of stubble in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Dutch
stoppel, German
Stoppel, Icelandic
stubbur, Swedish
stubbUsage
Word found in Modern English
