Where does “hotbunk” come from?
hotbunk (English) comes from English hot, from Middle English hot, from Old English hāt, from Old English hātan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
hotbunk (English): To share bunks on a submarine, one crewmember sleeping while another is out on duty
Definitions
- To share bunks on a submarine, one crewmember sleeping while another is out on duty
Ancestry of “hotbunk”, step by step
hotbunk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hot | Having a high temperature; Causing the air to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | hot | hot |
| 3 | Old English | hāt | hot, fervent, fervid, fierce |
| 4 | Old English | hātan | to promise; to command, promise; to command, call... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -an | Added to an adjective to create an adverb; Added... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
via English bunk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bunk | One of a series of berths or beds placed in... |
| 2 | English | bunkum | Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense;... |
| 3 | English | buncombe | Alternative spelling of bunkum |
| 4 | English | Buncombe County | — |