Where does “starvingly” come from?
starvingly (English) comes from English starving, from English starve, from Middle English sterven, from Old English steorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *sterban, from Proto-Germanic sterbaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terp- — to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be...
starvingly (English): While, or as if, starving; very hungrily; So as...
Definitions
- While, or as if, starving; very hungrily; So as...
Ancestry of “starvingly”, step by step
starvingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English starving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | starving | present participle of starve; starvation |
| 2 | English | starve | To die; in later use especially to die slowly,... |
| 3 | Middle English | sterven | To die or perish; To perish from cold or hunger;... |
| 4 | Old English | steorfan | to die |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sterban | to die |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sterbaną | to become stiff; to die, become lifeless |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)terp- | to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be... |