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Where does “munch” come from?

Munch comes from Middle English monchen or mocchen, with origins unclear beyond Middle English.

munch (English): To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and...

Definitions

  1. To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and...

Ancestry of “munch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmonchen—
2Middle Englishmocchen—

Words derived from “munch”

  • munchies
  • muncher
  • munchy
  • munchable
  • assmunch
  • buttmunch
  • buttmuncher
  • arsemunch
  • shitmuncher
  • assmuncher
  • cockmuncher
  • cockmunch
  • curry-muncher
Every word from Middle English mocchen →