Where does “scrunge” come from?
scrunge (English) comes from English grunge, from English grungy, from English dingy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
scrunge (English): An inauthentic form of grunge music; A shot where...
Definitions
- An inauthentic form of grunge music; A shot where...
Ancestry of “scrunge”, step by step
scrunge traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English grunge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grunge | Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to... |
| 2 | English | grungy | Dirty; shabby; in disrepair; Of or relating to... |
| 3 | English | dingy | drab; shabby; dirty; squalid; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |