Where does “famishment” come from?

famishment (English) comes from English famish, from Middle English famisshe, from Middle English famen, from Old French afamer, from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.

famishment (English): Starvation; the fact or process of being...

Definitions

  1. Starvation; the fact or process of being...

Ancestry of “famishment”, step by step

famishment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English famish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfamishTo starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger
2Middle Englishfamisshe—
3Middle EnglishfamenAlternative form of fomen; starve
4Old Frenchafamerto starve; to deprive of nourishment
5Latinfamēshunger
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰH-to disappear

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- →Every word from Latin famēs →Every word from Old French afamer →