Where does “hunksome” come from?

hunksome (English) comes from English hunk, from English Hungarian, from English Hungary, from Middle English Hungary, from Medieval Latin Hungaria, from Latin Ungari — Hungarians.

hunksome (English): Characteristic or typical of a hunk (sexually attractive man); hunky

Definitions

  1. Characteristic or typical of a hunk (sexually attractive man); hunky

Ancestry of “hunksome”, step by step

hunksome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hunk

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

via English some

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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