English
stubbly
From stubble + -y.
A compound of stubble + -y
Proto-Indo-European *steyp- ‘be stiff, erect’
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Latin stipula ‘stalk, straw’
Old French estoble
Anglo-Norman stuble
Middle English stuble
English stubble
Today it means
adj Having stubble.
Sources
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Etymograph / stubbly