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Where does “grungy” come from?

grungy (English) comes 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.

grungy (English): Dirty; shabby; in disrepair; Of or relating to...

Definitions

  1. Dirty; shabby; in disrepair; Of or relating to...

Ancestry of “grungy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdingydrab; shabby; dirty; squalid; Alternative form of...
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “grungy”

  • grunginess
  • grungey
  • grungily
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