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Where does “bunch” come from?

Bunch comes from Middle English bunche, of unknown origin.

bunch (English): A group of similar things, either growing...

Definitions

  1. A group of similar things, either growing...

Ancestry of “bunch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbunche—
2Proto-Germanicbunkō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰenǵʰ-thick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰen-to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...

Words derived from “bunch”

  • bunchgrass
  • buncher
  • honeybunch
  • bunchberry
  • microbunch
  • bunchflower
  • unbunch
  • bunchlet
  • nanobunch
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