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Where does “hunks” come from?

Hunks comes from English hunk, of uncertain origin, possibly related to Hungarian and ultimately from Latin -anus and Latin -um.

hunks (English): A crotchety or surly person; A stingy man; a...

Definitions

  1. A crotchety or surly person; A stingy man; a...

Ancestry of “hunks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhunkA large or dense piece of something; A sexually...
2EnglishHungarianOf, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary,...
3EnglishHungary—
4Middle EnglishHungary—
5Medieval LatinHungariaHungary
6LatinUngariHungarians
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