Where does “hangry” come from?
hangry (English) comes from English angry, from Middle English angry, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
hangry (English): Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is...
Definitions
- Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is...
Ancestry of “hangry”, step by step
hangry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English angry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | angry | Displaying or feeling anger; Inflamed and... |
| 2 | Middle English | angry | Angry; displaying angriness; Easily annoyed or... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English hungry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hungry | Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a... |
| 2 | Middle English | Hungry | hungry or starving; needing food |
| 3 | Old English | hungriġ | hungry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hungragaz | hungry |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hungruz | hunger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |