English
stubify
From stub + -ify.
Formed from stub + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, to stick’
Proto-Germanic *stubbaz ‘stump’
Proto-West Germanic *stubb
Old English stybb ‘tree stump’
Middle English stubbe ‘tree stump’
English stub
Today it means
verb To make something use stubs (placeholder procedures).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stubify”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / stubify