Hungers
/ˈhʌŋɡərz/noun
The third-person singular form of “hunger,” meaning experiences or expresses a strong need or desire for food or something else.
Did you know?The English word “hunger” descends from a Proto-Indo-European root associated with being hungry, while related Germanic forms preserved the same visceral sense of bodily need.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kenk-
“To be hungry or experience a strong bodily need; the reconstructed ancestor is uncertain in exact form.”
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*hungraz
“Hunger or the condition of being hungry.”
Old English
Old English
hungor
“Hunger, famine, or an intense desire for food.”
Middle English
Middle English
hunger
“Physical hunger; deprivation of food; later, an intense desire.”
Modern English
English
hunger
“A bodily need for food or a powerful desire for something.”
Modern English
English
hungers
“Third-person singular present form of “hunger,” meaning “feels hunger” or “strongly desires.””