Where does “hungerless” come from?
hungerless (English) comes from English hunger, from Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor, from Proto-West Germanic hungr, from Proto-Germanic hungruz, from Proto-Germanic hunhruz, from Proto-Indo-European kenk- — to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
hungerless (English): Devoid of hunger; not hungry
Definitions
- Devoid of hunger; not hungry
Ancestry of “hungerless”, step by step
hungerless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hunger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hunger | A need or compelling desire for food; Any strong... |
| 2 | Middle English | hunger | Hungriness; the feeling of being hungry or... |
| 3 | Old English | hungor | hunger; famine |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hungr | hunger |
| 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... |