Where does “grungewear” come from?
grungewear (English) comes from English grunge, 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 — -y, -ic.
grungewear (English): Clothes suiting the grunge subculture
Definitions
- Clothes suiting the grunge subculture
Ancestry of “grungewear”, step by step
grungewear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grunge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grunge | Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to... |
| 2 | English | grungy | Dirty; shabby; in disrepair; Of or relating to... |
| 3 | English | dingy | drab; shabby; dirty; squalid; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English Wear
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wear | The cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks |
| 2 | Middle English | weren | Plural past indicative form of been; Plural... |
| 3 | Old English | werian | to wear; to defend, protect |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | waʀjan | to clothe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |