English
hungriness
From hungry + -ness.
A compound of hungry + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’
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Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz ‘hungry’
Proto-West Germanic *hungrug ‘hungry’
Old English hungriġ ‘hungry’
Middle English hungry ‘hungry’
English hungry
Today it means
noun The characteristic of being hungry; hunger.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hungriness