Where does “grunge” come from?
grunge (English) comes from English grungy, from English dingy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
grunge (English): Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to...
Definitions
- Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to...
Ancestry of “grunge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grungy | Dirty; shabby; in disrepair; Of or relating to... |
| 2 | English | dingy | drab; shabby; dirty; squalid; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |